Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI
Saginaw Valley State University is a public university in University Center, Michigan, a suburb of a midsize city, with 5,989 undergraduates. Health professions and education are its signature fields: together they make up 37% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times their share across the colleges we cover. 48% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $51,955 ten years after starting.
Saginaw Valley State University admitted 7,450 of 10,222 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (72.9%).
- Acceptance rate
- 72.9%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $12,930
- $30,450 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $10,775
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 19–25
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 Saginaw Valley State University is known for
Measured by the 1,401 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
20.2%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
Education
16.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: about four times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing16812.0% of degrees$81,103−9% vs $88,910 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods1107.9% of degrees$48,561About the $47,382 national median
- Special Education and Teaching654.6% of degrees$50,078About the $50,499 national median
- Social Work624.4% of degrees$56,961+10% vs $51,790 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas584.1% of degrees$49,761About the $51,389 national median
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions564.0% of degrees$70,081+26% vs $55,792 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
Suburb of a midsize city
University Center, MI
Undergraduates
5,989
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
16 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
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
72.9%
7,450 admitted of 10,222 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 480–590Math 460–570
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
19–25
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
85%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
3%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Saginaw Valley State University?
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What Saginaw Valley State 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 $12,930 ($30,450 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $24,936. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $10,775 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$12,930
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$30,450
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$24,936
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$10,775
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $24,936 full cost.
- Under $30k$9,844Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$19,711Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$20,053Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$18,879Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$24,103Typical 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
48%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
78%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$51,955
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$25,000
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 Saginaw Valley State 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
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
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 1, 2027
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Other colleges in Michigan
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Cornerstone University73.2%
- Concordia University Ann Arbor72.1%
- Calvin University71.3%
- Aquinas College71.1%
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