Northwestern Michigan College
1701 E Front Street, Traverse city, MI, 49686 - View a map of this school Map
tel: (231)995-1054
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Northwestern Michigan College is a community college established in 1951 in Traverse City, Michigan. Our enrollment for credited classes is approximately 4,500 students per semester. NMC offers associates degrees and professional certificates at our main campuses, and through our University Center, we grant baccalaureate and graduate degrees from 10 partner universities.


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  Northwestern Michigan College Community College Avg.
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County Grand Traverse County, MI -
Title IV Eligible Yes Yes
Carnegie Classification Associate of Arts Colleges Associate of Arts Colleges
Institution Level At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs
Institution Control Public Public
Full-Time Undergraduate 2,064 students 1,000 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 2,516 students 1,410 students
Total Enrollment 4,580 students 2,175 students
Total Dormitory Capacity 285 students 220 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 82% 78%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 41% 47%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $2,454 $2,810
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 49% 28%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $1,372 $1,211
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 11% 11%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $1,083 $1,117
% Students Receiving Loans 35% 37%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $3,278 $3,048
School Notes:
  • NMC is the country's only college to have a Maritime academy on fresh water. The Great Lakes Maritime Academy is located at the spectacular Great Lakes Campus located on the shores of Grand Traverse Bay, a long protected water of Lake Michigan. Maritime is one of six state maritime academies that receives aid from the federal Maritime Administration. The Great Lakes Campus also houses the Great Lakes Culinary Institute, the only culinary school in Northern Michigan.
  • NMC is home to the Dennos Museum Center, the Rogers Observatory, the Water Studies Institute, and the Michigan Technical Education Center, which operates one of the few community college Aviation programs in the country. NMC's extensive extended education program offers a vast array of non-credit classes to over 10,000 local residents annually.
  • NMC offers one Associate in Science & Arts (ASA) degree: General Liberal Arts & Sciences, that is designed as a degree to prepare students for transfer to four-year schools. This can combine courses from several academic areas. NMC offers several Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees and certificates through these Academic Areas: Aviation, Business, Bridge Program, Communications, Computer Information Systems (IT), Great Lakes Culinary Institute, Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Health Occupations, Humanities, M-TEC: Michigan Technical Education Center Physical Education, Science/Math and Social Science.
  • The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College is the region's premier cultural facility offering both major exhibitions in the arts and sciences and live performances in jazz, blues, folk and world music by national and international artists. The museum averages 60,000 visits a year, holds one of the largest and most historically complete collections of Inuit art in the United States, and won the Governor's Arts Award for Arts and Culture in 2000.
  • Profile last updated:03/31/2008.
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