Kettering University
Flint, Michigan · Also known as GMI Engineering & Management Institute · Website
$94,823
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$94,823
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Kettering University is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Flint, Michigan with 1,205 undergraduates and 254 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $34,660 a year (tuition and fees $48,470). It admits 79% of applicants and 71% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $94,823 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$34,660
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$48,470
US median $11,837
Admission rate
79%
US median 78%
Completion rate
71%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$94,823
Rank 61 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $34,660
- Tuition and fees
- $48,470
- Cost of attendance
- $61,250
- Students with a need-based grant
- 17%
- Students with federal loans
- 45%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $24,910
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $23,273
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $31,544
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $33,401
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $39,399
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $38,430 in 2015-16 to $48,470 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1,251
- SAT reading, middle
- 615
- SAT math, middle
- 625
- ACT, middle
- 28
- Undergraduates
- 1,205
- Graduate students
- 254
- Part-time students
- 2.5%
- Women
- 20%
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Completion rate
- 71%
- Retention rate
- 94%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 25
- Endowment
- $120.7M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 61 of 5,094 US colleges and 1 of 145 in Michigan (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | MI median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $34,660 | $17,194 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $48,470 | $15,221 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 79% | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 71% | 59% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 94% | 70% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $13,000 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $80,275 | $32,840 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $94,823 | $36,115 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 86% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 91% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
25 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 157 | $28,000 | $79,307 | $99,292 | $92,135 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineMaster's | Master's | 63 | $31,796 | $98,414 | $136,553 | $103,485 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 53 | $30,000 | $86,360 | $109,977 | $100,647 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherOnlineMaster's | Master's | 39 | $26,568 | $111,776 | $122,490 | $96,656 |
| Computer ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 38 | $27,500 | $83,751 | $106,638 | $107,009 |
| Computer EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 36 | $29,984 | $82,580 | $120,531 | $109,015 |
| Engineering ScienceMaster's | Master's | 35 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $123,681 |
| Engineering-Related FieldsMaster's | Master's | 27 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $125,651 |
| Industrial EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 25 | Withheld | $85,105 | $86,265 | $98,442 |
| Chemical EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | $29,000 | $71,411 | $103,868 | $98,158 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $68,257 |
| Engineering PhysicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $89,154 |
| Applied MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $91,532 |
| ChemistryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,120 |
| Engineering, GeneralMaster's | Master's | 2 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,466 |
| PhysicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $76,786 |
| Computer ScienceMaster's | Master's | 1 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Engineering, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 1 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $57,214 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $86,713 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's | Master's | 0 | Withheld | - | Withheld | - |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
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Questions and answers
How much does Kettering University cost?
$34,660 a year is the average net price at Kettering University after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $48,470, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $61,250. Families earning under $30,000 pay $24,910 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Kettering University?
79% of applicants are admitted to Kettering University. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,251 and the middle ACT score is 28. The median admission rate of colleges in Michigan is 81%.
How much do Kettering University graduates earn?
$94,823 a year is the median pay of former Kettering University students who work, 10 years after they started ($80,275 after 6 years). That ranks 61 of 5,094 US colleges and 1 of 145 in Michigan. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (Master's) at $111,776.
How much student debt do Kettering University graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Kettering University graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 45% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Kettering University?
71% of first-time, full-time students at Kettering University finish within 6 years. 94% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Kettering University?
Mechanical Engineering (157 bachelor's graduates), Business Administration, Management and Operations (63 master's graduates), Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (53 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 25 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.