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Calvin has 4,200 students, primarily undergraduates, from Michigan (about half the student body), almost every other state in the nation and another 50 countries around the world (about 10 percent of the student body is international). Calvin's retention rate from first to second year is almost 90 percent, compared to 71 percent nationally and its five-year graduation rate is 73 percent, compared to 52 percent nationally. There are 322 faculty with over 82 percent holdingt the highest degree in their field, and the student to faculty ratio is a low 12 to 1. About 90 percent of Calvin's students receive financial aid with almost 60 percent earning academic scholarships. Calvin College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Learning of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.