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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Mi

50 colleges and universities in Mi with 765 school+major combinations analyzed.

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50
Schools
$27K
Avg Median Debt
$59K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Mi

Alpena Community College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Henry Ford College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $35K/yr

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Schoolcraft Community College District

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $42K/yr

Michigan Technological University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $76K/yr

Kettering University

private · 13 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $82K/yr

Northwestern Michigan College

public · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $71K/yr

Aquinas College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Kalamazoo College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Hillsdale College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Bay Mills Community College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $45K/yr

Hope College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Saginaw Valley State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Adrian College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Michigan State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Northern Michigan University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Lake Superior State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Concordia University Ann Arbor

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Lawrence Technological University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $71K/yr

University of Michigan-Dearborn

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $68K/yr

Calvin University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Oakland University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Great Lakes Christian College

private · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $47K/yr

Grand Valley State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

College for Creative Studies

private · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Western Michigan University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Jackson College

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Alma College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Albion College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Wayne State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Ferris State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Baker College

private · 18 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

University of Detroit Mercy

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

University of Michigan-Flint

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

Rochester University

private · 16 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Spring Arbor University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Madonna University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Central Michigan University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Cleary University

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Andrews University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Siena Heights University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Eastern Michigan University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Sacred Heart Major Seminary

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $46K/yr

Grace Christian University

private · 10 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $47K/yr

Cornerstone University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Kuyper College

private · 5 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $33K
Avg earnings: $49K/yr

Northwood University

private · 18 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

The University of Olivet

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $38K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Davenport University

private · 17 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $40K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 50 colleges and universities in Mi, covering 765 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Mi is $27K. First-year earnings average $59K.

Among tracked schools, Alpena Community College has one of the lowest average debt levels in Mi. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. degree-granting institutions. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.