Private for-profit · Community college

Northwestern Technological Institute

Southfield, Michigan · Small city

0%
Transfer rate
$34,423
Avg net price
72%
Grad / completion
$41,237
Median earnings

Northwestern Technological Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Southfield, Michigan (small city setting), enrolling 746 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 746 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Southfield, Michigan

Southfield is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Southfield was surveyed in 1817 according to the plan by Michigan territorial governor Lewis Cass. The first settlers came from nearby Birmingham and Royal Oak, Michigan, as well as New York and Vermont. The area that became Southfield was settled by John Daniels in 1823. Southfield has various Mid-century modern style architecture buildings including Percival Goodman's brutalist Congregation Shaarey Zedek and many early works by Minoru Yamasaki, including his Reynolds Aluminum building. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
14 miles to Detroit, MI
To Great Lakes shore
14 miles
Nearest airport
19 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) · major hub

How Northwestern Technological Institute compares

Graduation rate72%

Higher than 65% · #29 of 96 in Michigan

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,237

Higher than 74% · #6 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$34,423

Cheaper than 4% · #94 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment746

Larger than 69%

Percentiles compare Northwestern Technological Institute 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

746undergrads
  • Women253%
  • Men72197%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White38%
  • Black49%
  • Hispanic2.4%
  • Asian0.5%
  • Other or multiracial9.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
746
Student–faculty ratio
25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
60%
First-generation students
63%
Students over 25
45%
Median family income
$14,242

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
$34,423

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
72%
First-year retention
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$33,480
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$41,237
Median debt at graduation
$9,500
Students with federal loans
60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
24%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
72%
First-generation
55%

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
No
Application fee
Free

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%.

Campus safety

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

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (746 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.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Aggravated assault
0.3

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
$34,098
$30–48k
$36,796
$48–75k
$38,715
$75–110k
$39,066
$110k+
$39,066

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?

Northwestern Technological Institute funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$41,237
Typical debt at graduation
$9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
23%
Out-earn a HS grad
49%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 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.

Campus climate

Summer high
83°F
Winter low
16°F
Annual rain
33″
Annual snow
36″

Average temperature

HighLow
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Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.83.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Farmington, MI US station (6.3 mi from campus).

What Northwestern Technological Institute 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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Colleges near Northwestern Technological Institute

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.