unitid 169910 · Big Rapids, MI · public 4-year · town (remote)
Ferris State University
- enrollment 2023
- 12,162
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
91%
74th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,106
66th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
34%
undergrads on Pell grants
57th pctl among public 4-years
completion
47%
finish within 150% time
52nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,048
76th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$8,624
after aid, aided students
24th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,735
after entry, Title IV students
62nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,000
63rd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $2,556 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k19%
- 110k+19%
- Median family income
- $41,669
- First-generation students
- 35%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $14,778
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 171 | $64,813 | $25,384 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 164 | $58,694 | $25,260 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 123 | $144,201 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 97 | $81,858 | $27,000 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians. | 86 | $90,928 | $24,250 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians. | 84 | $86,204 | $27,000 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 83 | $43,252 | $27,000 |
| Graphic Communications. | 62 | $49,604 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 62 | $49,092 | $30,500 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 62 | $43,033 | $29,852 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 58 | $62,783 | $18,500 |
| Biology, General. | 57 | $70,852 | $26,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.