Northwestern Michigan College vs Lake Michigan College vs Muskegon Community College

Side-by-side comparison of Northwestern Michigan College, Lake Michigan College, Muskegon Community College

Metrics	NM Northwestern Michigan College Traverse City, MI	Lake Michigan College Benton Harbor, MI	Muskegon Community College Muskegon, MI
Location	Traverse City, MI	Benton Harbor, MI	Muskegon, 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 Community College with a mixture of traditionally and non-traditionally aged students, and a mixture of those who later transfer to 4-year colleges or seek vocational and technical training
Tuition (out-of-state)	$13,995	$4,488	$16,720
Avg. net price	$3,926	$5,404	$3,531
Acceptance rate	N/A	N/A	N/A
Enrollment	2,813	2,105	2,760
Campus setting	Town: Remote	Rural: Fringe	City: Small
Graduation rate	21%	16%	23%
Retention rate	84%	81%	65%
Median earnings	$44,186	$39,602	$41,245
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).