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.
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
Higher than 65% · #29 of 96 in Michigan
Higher than 74% · #6 of 88 in Michigan
Cheaper than 4% · #94 cheapest of 94 in Michigan
Lower than 57%
Lower than 12%
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
- 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)
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.
By offense type, per year
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.
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.
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
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
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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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.












