Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI
Northern Michigan University is a public university in Marquette, Michigan, a town more than 35 miles from a city, with 6,556 undergraduates. Education and natural resources are its signature fields: together they make up 16% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times their share across the colleges we cover. 52% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $47,107 ten years after starting.
Northern Michigan University admitted 4,842 of 6,922 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (70%).
- Acceptance rate
- 70%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $14,277
- $19,773 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $14,085
- Average, students with aid
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Northern Michigan University is known for
Measured by the 1,281 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Education
8.8%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Natural resources
6.9%
of its bachelor's degrees: about six times the 1.2% share across the colleges we cover.
- Biology1078.4% of degrees$43,698−24% vs $57,214 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing896.9% of degrees$77,670−13% vs $88,910 nationally
- Criminal Justice and Corrections675.2% of degrees$59,390+7% vs $55,378 nationally
- Psychology645.0% of degrees$43,349−15% vs $50,706 nationally
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research604.7% of degrees$50,300−9% vs $55,012 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas604.7% of degrees$46,002−10% vs $51,389 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Remote town
Marquette, MI
Undergraduates
6,556
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, medium programs
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
18 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Northern Michigan University
Two things Northern Michigan University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Northern Michigan University reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $14,085 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
70%
4,842 admitted of 6,922 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Northern Michigan University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Northern Michigan University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $14,277 ($19,773 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $27,841. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $14,085 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$14,277
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$19,773
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$27,841
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$14,085
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $27,841 full cost.
- Under $30k$7,697Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$7,185Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$11,051Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$16,324Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$22,268Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
52%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
78%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$47,107
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$21,474
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Northern Michigan University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Test scores
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 30, 2027
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