Private for-profit · Community college
Detroit Business Institute-Downriver
Detroit, Michigan · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $17,687
- Avg net price
- 100%
- Grad / completion
- $26,702
- Median earnings
Detroit Business Institute-Downriver is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Detroit, Michigan (large suburb setting), enrolling 124 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Paleo-Indians inhabited areas near Detroit as early as 11,000 years ago including the culture referred to as the Mound Builders. By the 17th century, the region was inhabited by Huron, Odawa, Potawatomi, and Iroquois peoples. The most heavily represented sectors are manufacturing (particularly automotive), finance, technology, and health care. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 13 miles to Detroit, MI
- To Great Lakes shore
- 1 mile
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) · major hub
How Detroit Business Institute-Downriver compares
More selective than 10% · #2 most selective of 3 in Michigan
Higher than 98% · #1 of 96 in Michigan
Higher than 95%
Higher than 22% · #63 of 88 in Michigan
Cheaper than 41% · #50 cheapest of 94 in Michigan
Lower than 62%
Larger than 33%
Percentiles compare Detroit Business Institute-Downriver 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 race / ethnicity
- White3.2%
- Black91%
- Hispanic1.6%
- Asian1.6%
- Other or multiracial2.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 124
- Student–faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 72%
- First-generation students
- 55%
- Students over 25
- 83%
- Median family income
- $20,376
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $17,687
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
- 100%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,270
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $26,702
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 78%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 40%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $125
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%.
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.
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $26,702
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 26%
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.
Men out-earn women by $4,434 (17%) 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
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 19°F
- Annual rain
- 34.3″
- Annual snow
- 45″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Detroit Metro AP, MI US station (8.4 mi from campus).
What Detroit Business Institute-Downriver graduates study — and earn
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.