Northwestern Michigan College Overview

Northwestern Michigan College is a public institution situated in Traverse City, Michigan. The surrounding location of Traverse City is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Northwestern Michigan College Known For?

• The 3% student loan default rate at NMC is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at NMC.
• In <nil>, 32% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Northwestern Michigan College?

Contact details for NMC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1701 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49686
Phone:	231-995-1000
Website:	www.nmc.edu

How Do I Get Into NMC?

You can apply to NMC online at: https://nmc.elluciancrmrecruit.com/admissions/pages/welcome.aspx

Northwestern Michigan College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Northwestern Michigan College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At NMC, approximately 21% of students took out student loans averaging $6,797 a year. That adds up to $27,188 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NMC is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Northwestern Michigan College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,296 undergraduate students at NMC, with 1,162 being full-time and 2,134 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,162 full-time undergraduates at NMC, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northwestern Michigan College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	15
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	920
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	142

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Northwestern Michigan College. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 20 countries are represented at NMC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, United Kingdom, and Thailand.

Online Learning at Northwestern Michigan College

In 2020-2021, 2,433 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NMC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 18th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of NMC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northwestern Michigan College was 18.2%. This is the #1,118 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NMC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.