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Michigan Career and Technical Institute
Plainwell, MI · 6 field-and-degree records
Earnings reported for 6 · Federal debt reported for 0
Based onFederal evidence is incompleteEstimateNot enough data
Estimated 10-year payoff
Price unavailable
Payoff needs a reliable price
Observed year-5 earnings are available, but the current federal record does not provide a usable institution-wide average net price.
Not availableTime to earn back the modeled cost
Not availableEstimated return after 10 years
$28,364Observed earnings · year 5
Not availableHighest annual price before payoff reaches $0
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No payoff curve is shown.
Observed year-5 earnings are available, but the current federal record does not provide a usable institution-wide average net price.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
PUBLISHED STUDENT BUDGET · 2024–25
What makes up the annual price?
Sticker-price components reported to IPEDS. Grants and scholarships are not subtracted here.
Living off campus: $7,450 housing and food allowance plus $1,300 in other expenses.
Do not confuse this with net price. Net price subtracts average grants and scholarships. DegreeVerdict continues to use the separately labeled average net price in its standard college ROI scenario.
HOW STUDENTS ATTEND · 2023-24
Attendance format is not fully reported.
IPEDS enrollment counts show course delivery across the whole institution. They do not indicate whether a specific degree can be completed online.
Institution-level attendance context from IPEDS. Program delivery is reported separately on degree pages and in the program directory. These figures do not enter ROI.
College identity and local contextAccreditation, institution type, dual enrollment and state prices
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Council on Occupational Education
- Main award level
- Certificates
- Campus setting
- Rural
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
STATE PRICE CONTEXT · 2024
Prices in Michigan run 4% below the U.S. level.
BEA Regional Price Parities compare price levels across states. A value of 100 equals the national average.
What it costs and what graduates earn
Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$28,364Median earnings · year 5 after completion
37.8%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
118Student size
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. It does not include Parent PLUS or private loans. We show admissions scores only when a valid federal value is available.
What the numbers say about Michigan Career and Technical Institute
What does Michigan Career and Technical Institute cost?
The current federal record does not provide a reliable average net price for Michigan Career and Technical Institute.
What do Michigan Career and Technical Institute graduates earn?
The observed median earnings figure is $28,364 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.
How much federal debt do Michigan Career and Technical Institute graduates have?
Median federal debt for completer borrowers is not reportable in the current record.
Is every degree at Michigan Career and Technical Institute worth the same?
No. The current release contains 6 field-and-degree records for Michigan Career and Technical Institute; 6 report year-4 earnings and 0 report federal debt. Outcomes can differ substantially by field and degree level.
Who studied here during the year
294Students enrolled at any point
294Undergraduate students
Not availableGraduate students
Unduplicated students enrolled at any point from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This full-year measure is different from a fall headcount and does not enter ROI.
More student and earnings detailPrice by family income, retention, equity and common industries
WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS
Outcomes are not the same for every family.
These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.
Complete within 150% of the expected time
Pell receipt not reportedMedian Parent PLUS debt
Borrower count not reportedMedian federal student debt
Three-year repayment not reportedUndergraduate student composition
White79%
Black11%
Hispanic2%
Asian0%
Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use every reportable field-and-credential record at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS OVER TIME
What graduates earned in later years
$22,329Year 1
$30,769Year 4
$28,364Year 5
Each year can represent a different federal cohort, so the points do not track the same people over time.
Your choice of degree can change the payoff.
Graduate earnings differ by field and credential, even within the same college.
1Woodworking · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,8062Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,5203Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$33,9594Graphic Communications · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,3605Culinary Arts and Related Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,2296General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$17,071Observed year-4 earnings · compare the same field and credential across colleges
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Culinary Arts and Related ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $28,229 reported-8%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2WoodworkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $39,806 reported-11%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Graphic CommunicationsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $28,360 reported-12%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $35,520 reported-17%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $33,959 reported-19%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $17,071 reported-67%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in MI
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive, not a quality ranking.
Brimley, MI
Bay Mills Community College
- Annual net price
- $3,073
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $38,508
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -134%
West Shore Community College
- Annual net price
- $1,527
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,924
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -95%
Kellogg Community College
- Annual net price
- $4,858
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,965
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -110%
Schoolcraft Community College District
- Annual net price
- $2,260
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,811
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -96%
Compare fields and degree levels
Showing all 6 field-and-degree records in the current release.
| Major or field | Degree level | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2024–25 graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodworking | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $39,806 | Not available | 0 |
| Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $35,520 | Not available | 16 |
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $33,959 | Not available | Not reported |
| Graphic Communications | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $28,360 | Not available | 2 |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $28,229 | Not available | 17 |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $17,071 | Not available | Not reported |
Graduate counts come from IPEDS and group related majors into the same federal field. Missing earnings or debt values remain labeled as unavailable.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.