Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City, Michigan
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 2,813 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.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Engineering-Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $59,185
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherBachelor's degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $67,011
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Pilot and air transportation
- Air TransportationCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,972
- Air TransportationAssociate degree · 32 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $52,410 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 62 finishedGraduates here earned $69,887 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (23)
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,988
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $29,515
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,279
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,346
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,889
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $55,703
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $47,691
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Environmental/Natural Resources Management and PolicyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $33,513
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 222 finishedGraduates here earned $33,157 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,556
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,826
- MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,993
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $34,698
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,090
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $3,926per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,185sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $6,073Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 20%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 21%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $43,0546 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,18610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $14,750federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 35%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 21%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 Northwestern 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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