Ripon Ripon College, a four-year private residential college, was founded in 1851 in Ripon, Wisconsin, with small class sizes and a 1:14 teacher-student ratio. 50% of the students enrolled in the college went on to study at top universities in the United States within five years of graduation, including, and so on. The College is ranked 113th in the 2015 ranking of U.S. liberal arts colleges.