Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City, MI · Public · Small city · NMC
Public institution in Traverse City, MI · 2,668 undergraduates · $38,167 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%Cost of attendance
- Top 4%Average net price
- Top 8%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 11%Median graduate debt
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
- $5,24388th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,350171st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $12,762432nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $11,82153rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $12,500196th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,1671,686th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $34,9181,538th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 24.9%1,857th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 81.0%619th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2,668766th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12.0:1782nd smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 28.5%1,279th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 209 mi (DTW)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 3 of 3 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine TransportationTransportation | bachelors | $94,408 | $105,306 |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, OtherEngineering Technology | bachelors | — | — |
| Ocean EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Northwestern Michigan College’s 2,668 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In MI
Elsewhere
- Drake UniversityDes Moines, IA · 2,669 undergrads
- Truman State UniversityKirksville, MO · 2,666 undergrads
- University of West AlabamaLivingston, AL · 2,666 undergrads
- Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, TN · 2,673 undergrads
- Keene State CollegeKeene, NH · 2,680 undergrads
- Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, FL · 2,649 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitenmc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 171483)
- Compare colleges in MIRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in MichiganEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Calvin UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Northwestern Michigan College vs Calvin UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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