Popular Michigan Colleges Easy to Get Into
Michigan has 30 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, accepting 85% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Grand Valley State University, Wayne State University and Central Michigan University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
Michigan State University
- Public 4 Year
- East Lansing, MI
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4.5 | 6 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Michigan State is a large public university known for undergraduate supply chain management, education, and agriculture. The campus spreads across the college town of East Lansing with the Red Cedar River running through it.
- SAT Range 1180-1360
- Avg GPA 3.72
- Net Price $23,657
Grand Valley State University
- Public 4 Year
- Allendale, MI
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3.7 | 3 reviews
- 83% acceptance rate
- May 1 application deadline
Grand Valley State is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The Allendale campus sits west of Grand Rapids along the Grand River.
- SAT Range 940-1190
- Avg GPA 3.65
- Net Price $17,198
Wayne State University
- Public 4 Year
- Detroit, MI
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4.2 | 4 reviews
- 81% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Wayne State is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, pharmacy, and business. The urban campus is in Midtown Detroit near the city's cultural district.
- SAT Range 1060-1270
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $14,416
Central Michigan University
- Public 4 Year
- Mount Pleasant, MI
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Central Michigan is a public university known for undergraduate education, business, and health professions. Most students live on a residential campus in the college town of Mount Pleasant.
- SAT Range 960-1200
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Net Price $17,575
Oakland University
- Public 4 Year
- Rochester Hills, MI
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| 0 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
Oakland University is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and engineering. The suburban campus sits in Rochester Hills northeast of Detroit.
- SAT Range 1030-1230
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Net Price $12,208
Western Michigan University
- Public 4 Year
- Kalamazoo, MI
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Western Michigan is a large public university known for undergraduate aviation, engineering, and education. The residential campus sits on a hillside overlooking Kalamazoo in southwestern Michigan.
- SAT Range 990-1220
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $17,331
Eastern Michigan University
- Public 4 Year
- Ypsilanti, MI
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4.8 | 4 reviews
- 80% acceptance rate
EMU is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The campus is in Ypsilanti, just east of Ann Arbor.
- SAT Range 920-1170
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Net Price $15,742
Ferris State University
- Public 4 Year
- Big Rapids, MI
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
Ferris State is a public university known for undergraduate pharmacy, optometry, and applied technology programs. The main campus is in the small city of Big Rapids in western Michigan.
- SAT Range 890-1120
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $10,825
Northern Michigan University
- Public 4 Year
- Marquette, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
Northern Michigan is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and outdoor recreation. The campus sits near Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $15,707
Michigan Technological University
- Public 4 Year
- Houghton, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
Michigan Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and forestry. Students attend campus in the Upper Peninsula town of Houghton near Lake Superior.
- SAT Range 1130-1350
- Avg GPA 3.78
- Net Price $16,879
Hope College
- Private 4 Year
- Holland, MI
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3.8 | 4 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
Hope is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate chemistry, biology, and education. The residential campus sits in Holland near the Lake Michigan shore.
- SAT Range 1100-1340
- Avg GPA 3.83
- Net Price $30,700
Davenport University
- Private 4 Year
- Grand Rapids, MI
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| 0 reviews
- 98% acceptance rate
Davenport is a private university known for undergraduate business, technology, and health sciences. The main campus is in Grand Rapids, with additional instructional sites across Michigan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $18,538
University of Detroit Mercy
- Private 4 Year
- Detroit, MI
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Detroit Mercy is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate architecture, engineering, and nursing. The urban campus sits in northwest Detroit.
- SAT Range 1030-1260
- Avg GPA 3.67
- Net Price $16,790
Kalamazoo College
- Private 4 Year
- Kalamazoo, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Kalamazoo is a private liberal arts college known for the K-Plan curriculum, extensive undergraduate study abroad, and a required senior individualized project. Most undergrads complete an extended off-campus study experience before graduation.
- SAT Range 1170-1380
- Avg GPA 3.73
- Net Price $26,956
Kettering University
- Private 4 Year
- Flint, MI
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| 0 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
Kettering is a private university known for undergraduate mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineering. The campus sits in Flint, a mid-sized Michigan city long tied to the auto industry.
- SAT Range 1160-1330
- Avg GPA 3.77
- Net Price $35,609
Albion College
- Private 4 Year
- Albion, MI
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| 0 reviews
- 81% acceptance rate
Albion is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences, pre-medical studies, and business. The residential campus sits in a small college town in south-central Michigan.
- SAT Range 930-1160
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Net Price $16,719
Andrews University
- Private 4 Year
- Berrien Springs, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
Andrews is a private Seventh-day Adventist university known for undergraduate theology, architecture, and aviation. The campus sits in the small college town of Berrien Springs in southwest Michigan.
- SAT Range 990-1290
- Avg GPA 3.64
- Net Price $24,728
Lake Superior State University
- Public 4 Year
- Sault Ste Marie, MI
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Lake Superior State is a small public university known for undergraduate fisheries and wildlife management and criminal justice. The campus sits along the St. Marys River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula near the Canadian border.
- SAT Range 1000-1225
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $12,339