Lake Michigan College vs Northwestern Michigan College vs Jackson College-Michigan

Side-by-side comparison of Lake Michigan College, Northwestern Michigan College, Jackson College-Michigan

Metrics	Lake Michigan College Benton Harbor, MI	NM Northwestern Michigan College Traverse City, MI	Jackson College-Michigan Jackson, MI
Location	Benton Harbor, MI	Traverse City, MI	Jackson, MI
Control	Public	Public	Public
Carnegie	A College that offers Bachelor’s (4-year) and Associate’s (2-Year) Degrees, and the Associate’s is more common	A College that offers Bachelor’s (4-year) and Associate’s (2-Year) Degrees, and the Associate’s is more common	A College that offers Bachelor’s (4-year) and Associate’s (2-Year) Degrees, and the Associate’s is more common
Tuition (out-of-state)	$4,488	$13,995	$10,650
Avg. net price	$5,404	$3,926	$9,797
Acceptance rate	N/A	N/A	N/A
Enrollment	2,105	2,813	3,422
Campus setting	Rural: Fringe	Town: Remote	Rural: Fringe
Graduation rate	16%	21%	15%
Retention rate	81%	84%	N/A
Median earnings	$39,602	$44,186	$41,146
SAT range	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	N/A	N/A
Themes	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
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Bars are drawn from the figures in each cell. Rates use a 0–100% scale; tuition, net price, enrollment and earnings are relative to the largest value among the colleges shown (darker bar); SAT and ACT bands sit on each test's full scale (200–800 per SAT section, 1–36 for the ACT).