Colleges Near Rapid City
There are no colleges in Rapid City, but 89 are within 200 miles, enrolling 541,550 students combined.
The closest option is Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, 15.3 miles from Rapid City (about 18-26 minutes by car). Rapid City (pop. 1,352) is in Michigan.
University of Michigan Ann Arbor in Ann Arbor ranks #48 nationally. Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College in Mount Pleasant has the lowest tuition at $2,730 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Rapid City. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Rapid City. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Rapid City.
Northwestern Michigan College
- Public 2 Year
- Traverse City, MI
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- 15 miles from Rapid City
Northwestern Michigan College is a community college known for its Great Lakes Maritime Academy and culinary programs. The campus sits along Grand Traverse Bay in northern Michigan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,427
Kirtland Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Grayling, MI
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- 33 miles from Rapid City
Kirtland is a public community college known for nursing, health sciences, and technical career programs. Students attend a small campus serving rural northern Michigan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,311
North Central Michigan College
- Public 2 Year
- Petoskey, MI
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- 40 miles from Rapid City
North Central Michigan College is a community college known for undergraduate nursing and transfer-focused associate programs. The campus is in Petoskey near Lake Michigan on the northern Lower Peninsula.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,807
Mid Michigan College
- Public 2 Year
- Harrison, MI
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- 65 miles from Rapid City
Mid Michigan is a public community college offering associate degrees and career certificate programs. The campus is set in the small town of Harrison in rural mid-Michigan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,803
West Shore Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Scottville, MI
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- 77 miles from Rapid City
West Shore is a public community college offering associate degrees and career certificate programs. The small campus is set in rural Scottville in western Michigan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $3,927
Ferris State University
- Public 4 Year
- Big Rapids, MI
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 80 miles from Rapid City
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
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $10,825
Central Michigan University
- Public 4 Year
- Mount Pleasant, MI
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 90 miles from Rapid City
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
- Acceptance Rate 90%
- Net Price $17,575
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
- Public 2 Year
- Mount Pleasant, MI
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- 89 miles from Rapid City
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College is a tribal community college known for undergraduate associate programs in Native American studies and liberal arts. The small campus serves the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe in Mount Pleasant.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,619
Alpena Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Alpena, MI
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 92 miles from Rapid City
Alpena Community College is a community college known for undergraduate concrete technology and nursing. The campus sits along Thunder Bay on Lake Huron in northeastern Michigan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.67
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $3,946
Northwood University
- Private 4 Year
- Midland, MI
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- 97 miles from Rapid City
Northwood is a private university known for undergraduate business, management, and automotive marketing. The Midland campus centers on a specialized free-enterprise business curriculum in central Michigan.
- SAT Range 950-1160
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Acceptance Rate 65%
- Net Price $25,549
Alma College
- Private 4 Year
- Alma, MI
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- 105 miles from Rapid City
Alma is a private liberal arts college with a broad undergraduate curriculum in the arts and sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in the small city of Alma, which keeps strong Scottish traditions.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 57%
- Net Price $22,094
Bay de Noc Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Escanaba, MI
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- 109 miles from Rapid City
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing and technical career programs. The campus sits along Little Bay de Noc in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,417
Delta College
- Public 2 Year
- University Center, MI
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- 109 miles from Rapid City
Delta College is a public community college known for nursing and career-technical programs. The campus is in University Center in Michigan's Great Lakes Bay region.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,610
Montcalm Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Sidney, MI
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- 110 miles from Rapid City
A community college offering associate degrees and career training with strengths in nursing and skilled trades. The rural campus sits in Sidney in central Michigan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,640
Saginaw Valley State University
- Public 4 Year
- University Center, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 113 miles from Rapid City
Saginaw Valley State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus is in University Center between Saginaw and Bay City.
- SAT Range 920-1170
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Acceptance Rate 72%
- Net Price $11,546
Bay Mills Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Brimley, MI
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- 116 miles from Rapid City
Bay Mills is a tribal community college known for undergraduate programs in Native American studies and business. The rural campus in Brimley sits along Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,307
Muskegon Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Muskegon, MI
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- 119 miles from Rapid City
Muskegon Community College is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and industrial technology programs. The campus is in the lakeside city of Muskegon on Lake Michigan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,938
Lake Superior State University
- Public 4 Year
- Sault Ste Marie, MI
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- 123 miles from Rapid City
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
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,339