Public · Community college

Bay de Noc Community College

Escanaba, Michigan · Remote town

23%
Transfer rate
$11,949
Avg net price
30%
Grad / completion
$35,090
Median earnings

Bay de Noc Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Escanaba, Michigan (remote town setting), enrolling 1,223 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,223 undergradsRemote townNJCAA Division IICold wintersSnowy

About Escanaba, Michigan

Escanaba, commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city in and the county seat of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula. The Ojibwa are one of the Anishinaabe, Algonquian-speaking tribes who settled and flourished around the Great Lakes. The 2001 comedy film Escanaba in da Moonlight is set in Escanaba. The film is known for prominently using Upper Peninsula language and slang. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Remote town
Highest degree offered
Associate
To Great Lakes shore
1 mile
Nearest airport
3 miles to Delta County (ESC)

How Bay de Noc Community College compares

Graduation rate30%

Higher than 12% · #76 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention59%

Higher than 22%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,090

Higher than 50% · #29 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$11,949

Cheaper than 63% · #35 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$12,618

Lower than 24%

Student–faculty ratio18 : 1

Lower than 39%

Undergraduate enrollment1,223

Larger than 75%

Percentiles compare Bay de Noc Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Michigan.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

1,223undergrads
  • Women71759%
  • Men50641%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White84%
  • Black3.2%
  • Hispanic3.7%
  • Asian1.0%
  • Other or multiracial8.4%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,223
Student–faculty ratio
18 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
24%
First-generation students
44%
Students over 25
22%
Median family income
$25,500
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$63,819
Endowment
$15,253,610

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$5,712
Out-of-state tuition
$10,528
Room & board
$10,354
Books & supplies
$2,670
Total cost of attendance
$19,020
Average net price
$11,949

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
30%
First-year retention
59%
Transferred to another college
23%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$33,829
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$35,090
Median debt at graduation
$12,618
Students with federal loans
18%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
37%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
30%
Low-income (Pell)
28%
First-generation
29%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
100
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
8%
Housing charge (year)
$3,870
Meal plan (year)
$2,100
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
93 (51 men · 42 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (5)

Basketball29
Baseball26
Cross Country13
Volleyball13
Softball12

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.6 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (2,149 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.3reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Rape
0.7
Motor vehicle theft
0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$9,204
$30–48k
$10,730
$48–75k
$11,632
$75–110k
$16,405
$110k+
$16,533

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

37%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,226
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 37% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,226. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 118 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$35,090
Typical debt at graduation
$12,618
Debt vs. one year's pay
36%
Out-earn a HS grad
40%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$30,937
Men
$42,641

Men out-earn women by $11,704 (38%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
77°F
Winter low
8°F
Annual rain
28.8″
Annual snow
46.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
0°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.83.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Escanaba, MI US station (3.8 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.