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#2 Best Colleges in Michigan

Michigan State Comparisons

East Lansing, Michigan

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Frequently Compared

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Compare with Michigan Public Colleges

M
University of Michigan

$1,248 higher in-state tuition
66% lower acceptance rate


G
Grand Valley State University

$1,020 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


W
Wayne State University

$3,155 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
Central Michigan University

$1,908 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Michigan Dearborn

$1,104 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


O
Oakland University

$954 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


W
Western Michigan University

$450 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


E
Eastern Michigan University

$448 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


M
Michigan Technological University

$2,426 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Michigan Flint

$2,258 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


L
Lake Superior State University

$1,680 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Michigan Private Colleges

H
Hope College

$24,342 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


C
Calvin University

$22,722 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


K
Kalamazoo College

$42,537 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


K
Kettering University

$30,732 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


A
Andrews University

$16,752 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


H
Hillsdale College

$15,132 higher in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

O
Ohio State University

$3,822 lower in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


W
University of Wisconsin Madison

$6,004 lower in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


K
University of Kentucky

$3,799 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


P
Purdue University Main Campus

$5,930 lower in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$1,013 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$5,336 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$2,936 lower in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$4,506 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Chicago

$4,470 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$8,578 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$3,756 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio University Main Campus

$1,902 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


T
University of Toledo

$5,363 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$8,578 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


F
SUNY at Fredonia

$8,578 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$260 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State New Kensington

$1,824 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

$1,988 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Beaver

$1,824 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

N
Northwestern University

$49,239 higher in-state tuition
77% lower acceptance rate


N
University of Notre Dame

$46,538 higher in-state tuition
72% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Chicago

$34,622 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


D
DePaul University

$28,017 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$47,502 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$31,952 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


X
Xavier University

$32,247 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


B
Butler University

$29,342 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$32,042 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$28,022 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$48,452 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$48,052 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$40,488 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


B
Bradley University

$23,600 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$31,498 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


V
Valparaiso University

$29,488 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$48,352 higher in-state tuition
67% lower acceptance rate


K
Kenyon College

$53,382 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


D
DePauw University

$40,382 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$33,995 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


A
Alfred University

$22,622 higher in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


J
John Carroll University

$31,652 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


W
The College of Wooster

$43,402 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


R
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$37,350 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


N
North Central College

$28,466 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$30,737 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$38,652 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


H
Holy Cross College

$18,452 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


B
Baldwin Wallace College

$21,690 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


T
Taylor University

$22,492 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio Northern University

$20,852 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Mount Union

$19,352 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


B
Beloit College

$42,394 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Wesleyan University

$39,852 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


C
Cedarville University

$20,230 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Mary's College

$34,702 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio Wesleyan University

$36,123 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


C
Canisius College

$15,452 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


W
Wabash College

$32,552 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


C
Chatham University

$26,602 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


L
Lake Forest College

$37,652 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


M
Marietta College

$22,104 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


E
Earlham College

$35,322 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


T
Transylvania University

$27,512 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


H
Houghton College

$1,042 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


B
Benedictine University

$17,052 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$39,501 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


V
Viterbo University

$15,952 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


S
Seton Hill University

$25,216 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

C
University of Central Florida

$11,170 lower in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


A
Auburn University

$4,944 lower in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee

$4,316 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


T
Texas A&M University College Station

$6,449 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


H
University of Houston

$6,963 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$3,360 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$1,608 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$5,553 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


O
University of Oregon

$2,634 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


O
Oregon State University

$4,503 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


I
Iowa State University

$6,666 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
University of South Florida Main Campus

$11,089 lower in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


O
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

$10,578 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$3,814 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$11,205 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


L
Louisiana State University

$7,610 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


N
University of Nebraska Lincoln

$7,638 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$202 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Columbia

$2,640 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate