unitid 170620 · Benton Harbor, MI · public 2-year · rural (fringe)
Lake Michigan College
- enrollment 2023
- 4,243
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
2,105
51st pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
26%
undergrads on Pell grants
36th pctl among public 2-years
completion
22%
finish within 150% time
8th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$15,917
61st pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$6,680
after aid, aided students
41st pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$34,466
after entry, Title IV students
22nd pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$9,000
29th pctl among public 2-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 $5,580 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k49%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $21,778
- First-generation students
- 44%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,445
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.8× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 158 | $44,957 | $13,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 56 | $75,725 | $16,423 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 34 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 29 | $57,749 | $13,995 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 15 | — | — |
| Food Science and Technology. | 9 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 9 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 9 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 8 | — | — |
| Sociology. | 8 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 8 | — | — |
| Precision Production, Other. | 6 | — | — |
— 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
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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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.