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Bay Mills Community College

Brimley, Michigan · Distant rural

7%
Transfer rate: $3,073
Avg net price: 30%
Grad / completion: $30,048
Median earnings

Bay Mills Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Brimley, Michigan (distant rural setting), enrolling 662 undergraduates. It is a Tribal college. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 662 undergradsDistant ruralCold wintersSnowy

About Brimley, Michigan

Brimley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Chippewa County, Michigan. Brimley was established as a station on the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway in 1872. The community was platted in 1887, and was given a post office with the name Superior in 1888. The community was renamed to Brimley in 1896. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant rural
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 213 miles to Green Bay, WI
To Great Lakes shore: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 16 miles to Chippewa County (CIU)

How Bay Mills Community College compares

Graduation rate30%

Higher than 13% · #75 of 96 in Michigan

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,048

Higher than 31% · #47 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$3,073

Cheaper than 96% · #6 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment662

Larger than 67%

Percentiles compare Bay Mills 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

Women46570%
Men19730%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White33%
Black2.4%
Hispanic0.9%
Other or multiracial63%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 662
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 44%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 70%
Median family income: $20,005
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $59,472
Endowment: $15,394,398

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $3,480
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $700
Total cost of attendance: $12,043
Average net price: $3,073

Outcomes

Graduated: 30%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 7%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,213
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $30,048
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$1,549

$30–48k

$1,042

$48–75k

$5,992

$75–110k

$10,952

$110k+

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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.

92%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$3,090

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 92% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,090. 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 36 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): $30,048
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 25%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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

$27,066

Men

$36,125

Men out-earn women by $9,059 (33%) 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: 76°F
Winter low: 4°F
Annual rain: 35.8″
Annual snow: 117.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Sault Ste Marie, MI US station (9.6 mi from campus).

What Bay Mills Community College graduates study — and earn

Education, OtherCert.

32 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

32———Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssoc.

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

16———Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

12 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

12———Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

9———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

9———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Social Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

4———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

4———Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

4———Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssoc.

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

4———Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

2———

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.