Northwestern Michigan College Business Programs

Northwestern Michigan College is a public institution situated in Traverse City, Michigan. Traverse City is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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:	https://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. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or 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 31% of students took out student loans averaging $6,502 a year. That adds up to $26,008 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NMC is 10.6%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Northwestern Michigan College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,278 undergraduate students at NMC, with 1,200 being full-time and 2,078 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,200 full-time undergraduates at NMC, 55% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	54
White	970
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	137

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 2019-2020, 2,113 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.

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 #984 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%.

Northwestern Michigan College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	3	12	0	15
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	3	4	7
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	0	0	1	1
Small Business Administration/Management	1	0	0	1
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	0	0	0	0
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	4	15	5	24

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.