North Central Michigan College

Petoskey, Michigan

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 942 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692

Computers and IT

  • Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
  • Data ProcessingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
  • Data ProcessingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,799
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Engineering-Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $59,185
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedGraduates here earned $36,946 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $72,069 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (16)
  • Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $35,863
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Communication and Media StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,276
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Fine and Studio ArtsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $32,800
  • General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $44,599
  • GerontologyCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,716
  • Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $24,502
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 152 finishedGraduates here earned $32,128 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • MarketingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,966
  • Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 20 finishedNationally: $34,698
  • Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,034
  • WoodworkingAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $43,764
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$8,298$30–48k$6,123$48–75k$9,742$75–110k$11,799Over $110k$12,817Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$9,006per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$20,107sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,640Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
8%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
35%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$36,5516 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$40,01410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$10,625federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
37%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: 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 North Central Michigan College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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