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#3 Best Colleges in Michigan

Michigan State Comparisons

East Lansing, Michigan

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Compare with Michigan Public Colleges

M
University of Michigan

$1,212 higher in-state tuition
70% lower acceptance rate


G
Grand Valley State University

$1,240 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


W
Wayne State University

$2,259 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


C
Central Michigan University

$1,992 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Michigan Dearborn

$1,272 lower in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


O
Oakland University

$716 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


W
Western Michigan University

$669 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


E
Eastern Michigan University

$692 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


M
Michigan Technological University

$2,104 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


S
Saginaw Valley State University

$3,627 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Michigan Flint

$2,574 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


L
Lake Superior State University

$1,752 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Michigan Private Colleges

H
Hope College

$22,798 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


C
Calvin University

$23,178 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


K
Kalamazoo College

$40,809 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


K
Kettering University

$29,188 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


A
Andrews University

$16,272 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


H
Hillsdale College

$14,398 higher in-state tuition
67% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

O
Ohio State University

$3,667 lower in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


W
University of Wisconsin Madison

$5,919 lower in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


K
University of Kentucky

$3,696 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


P
Purdue University Main Campus

$5,474 lower in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$850 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$5,180 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$2,718 lower in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$4,568 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Chicago

$4,222 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$8,122 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$3,694 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


L
University of Louisville

$2,868 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio University Main Campus

$1,840 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


T
University of Toledo

$5,207 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


N
Northern Kentucky University

$4,984 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$8,122 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


F
SUNY at Fredonia

$8,122 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$196 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Greater Allegheny

$1,368 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

$1,532 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

C
University of Chicago

$45,987 higher in-state tuition
83% lower acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$47,199 higher in-state tuition
81% lower acceptance rate


N
University of Notre Dame

$44,602 higher in-state tuition
75% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$44,672 higher in-state tuition
77% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Chicago

$32,908 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


D
DePaul University

$26,997 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$45,358 higher in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$30,978 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


X
Xavier University

$29,578 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


B
Butler University

$28,278 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$30,668 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$26,798 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$45,848 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$45,914 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$38,528 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


B
Bradley University

$22,188 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$30,184 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


V
Valparaiso University

$28,208 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$44,808 higher in-state tuition
66% lower acceptance rate


K
Kenyon College

$51,048 higher in-state tuition
54% lower acceptance rate


D
DePauw University

$39,208 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$33,478 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


A
Alfred University

$21,252 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


J
John Carroll University

$30,298 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


W
The College of Wooster

$41,858 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


R
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$35,769 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$29,409 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$37,758 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


H
Holy Cross College

$18,308 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


H
Hanover College

$25,489 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


B
Baldwin Wallace College

$21,058 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


T
Taylor University

$21,984 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio Northern University

$20,288 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


B
Beloit College

$40,618 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Wesleyan University

$38,418 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


C
Cedarville University

$19,306 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


B
Bellarmine University

$28,848 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
Carroll University

$20,168 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Mary's College

$33,688 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio Wesleyan University

$34,070 higher in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


C
Canisius College

$14,988 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


W
Wabash College

$31,408 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


C
Chatham University

$25,433 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


L
Lake Forest College

$36,808 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


E
Earlham College

$34,026 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


T
Transylvania University

$26,708 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


H
Houghton College

$708 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


B
Benedictine University

$17,508 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


W
Wittenberg University

$27,068 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

F
Florida State University

$11,170 lower in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Main Campus

$3,176 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Central Florida

$10,714 lower in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


A
Auburn University

$4,800 lower in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


T
Texas A&M University College Station

$5,853 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


A
University of Arizona

$3,667 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Colorado Boulder

$3,672 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$3,628 lower in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$2,904 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$1,822 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$5,397 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


O
University of Oregon

$2,680 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


O
Oregon State University

$4,767 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


I
Iowa State University

$6,514 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


I
University of Iowa

$6,481 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


U
University of Utah

$7,017 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$8,262 lower in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$3,628 lower in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$10,749 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


K
University of Kansas

$5,100 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


N
University of Nebraska Lincoln

$7,422 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$8,262 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$270 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Columbia

$4,740 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate