Kettering University
Flint, MI · Private · Small city · GMI Engineering & Management Institute
Private institution in Flint, MI · 1,279 undergraduates · 79% acceptance rate · $94,823 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 3%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- Top 10%Full-time retention
- Top 19%Median ACT
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $33,0921,817th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $46,3801,775th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $46,3801,771st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $58,6101,679th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,604th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $94,82345th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $80,27561st highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 70.5%406th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 92.5%185th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 79.1%880th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1219355th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 28177th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,2791,210th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11.0:1619th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 16.8%1,864th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 58 mi (DTW)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EANov 15
- Rollingopen
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 15 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $79,598 | $78,612 |
| Industrial EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $79,284 | $70,009 |
| Chemical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $78,971 | $83,177 |
| Mechanical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $76,695 | $80,255 |
| Computer EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $76,460 | — |
| Computer Science | bachelors | $76,460 | $77,715 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $61,020 | $54,713 |
| Applied MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | — | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| ChemistryPhysical Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitekettering.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 169983)
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