As of February 2011, Grand Valley State University in Allendale has the largest student body out of every college in western Michigan with 24,541 students. Yearly tuition costs $8,630. Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo has the highest tuition fees at $32,643. Also in Kalamazoo, the Western Michigan University has a 19,547-student enrollment, 87 percent of which are full-time and 13 percent are part-time. There are seven colleges in Grand Rapids alone: Aquinas College, Calvin College, Cornerstone University, Davenport University, Kuyper College, Grace Bible College and Kendall College of Art and Design.
Detroit is home to the largest tuition fee in eastern Michigan, as of February 2011, with a $30,660 annual fee at the University of Detroit Mercy. Saginaw Valley State University in University Center has the lowest fees at only $6,462. Cleary University in Howell, Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Marygrove College in Detroit, Michigan Jewish Institute in West Bloomfield and Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit all have student bodies of less than 1,000. The largest student enrollment goes to Baker College in Flint, with 44,048. Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti has a 17,763 student body and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has an enrollment of 25,594. Oakland University has a student to faculty ratio of 25-to-1.
This information is accurate as of 2011.
Only four colleges reside in northern Michigan. The most expensive is Finlandia University in Hancock, with a tuition fee $17,936 as of February 2011. It also has the lowest enrollment, with only 521 students. Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie has a 16-to-1 student to faculty ratio and an 89 percent acceptance rate. Michigan Technological University in Houghton has a 386 full-time faculty, 84.2 percent of which hold a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Northern Michigan University in Marquette has a 9,273 student body, with 91.2 percent full-timers. It also has a 72 percent acceptance rate.
Albion College in Albion and Alma College in Alma are the most expensive colleges in central Michigan, costing $28,380 and $25,838 respectively as of February 2011. The largest student body goes to Michigan State University, with 36,489 students. On the opposite side of the scale is Great Lakes Christian College, with only 233 enrolled students. Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor offers 74 undergraduate and nine graduate programs. Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant has a student body of 20,580.