unitid 171483 · Traverse City, MI · public 4-year · city (small)
Northwestern Michigan College
- enrollment 2023
- 3,629
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
2,813
34th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
30%
undergrads on Pell grants
45th pctl among public 4-years
completion
25%
finish within 150% time
12th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$13,753
11th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$6,231
after aid, aided students
14th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$38,167
after entry, Title IV students
11th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$12,500
21st 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 $5,237 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
- 0-30k35%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k22%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $30,828
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,860
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.1× 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. | 243 | $34,098 | $11,422 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 61 | $66,994 | $24,228 |
| Marine Transportation. | 48 | $133,180 | $26,542 |
| Air Transportation. | 29 | — | $14,803 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 25 | $46,581 | $18,832 |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General. | 18 | — | $13,834 |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services. | 14 | $38,650 | $14,199 |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions. | 13 | — | — |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions. | 12 | — | — |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services. | 11 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 10 | $40,803 | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 8 | — | — |
— 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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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.