Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
- Public
- Town
- 1,325 undergrads
- Admit rate
- Open admissionSource: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $9,782per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 50%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $55,57310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Lake Superior State University offers the first degree program in the United States focusing on the quantitative analysis of cannabis related compounds and contaminants including THC, CBD, and terpenes.
Source: Cannabis Chemistry – School of Chemistry, Environmental, and Geosciences
Getting in
- Admit rate
- Open admissionAdmits nearly everyone who applies.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $9,782full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $27,419sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $15,506Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $15,506Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 50%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 79%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $55,57310 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,325Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 33%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 33%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Lake Superior State University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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