Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
Mount Pleasant, Michigan · Website
$11,949
net price a year, after grants
$11,949
net price a year, after grants
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College is a public 2-year college in Mount Pleasant, Michigan with 164 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $11,949 a year (tuition and fees $2,730). 33% of students finish within 3 years.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$11,949
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$2,730
US median $11,837
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
33%
Within 3 years, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
-
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Net price
- $11,949
- Tuition and fees
- $2,730
- Cost of attendance
- $19,424
- Students with a need-based grant
- 42%
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $11,949
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 $2,040 in 2015-16 to $2,730 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
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 164
- Part-time students
- 76%
- Women
- 54%
- Students per teacher
- 7
- Completion rate
- 33%
- Retention rate
- 78%
- Highest degree
- Associate's degree
- Programs
- 4
- Endowment
- $128K
- Other
- Tribal college, Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | MI median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $11,949 | $17,194 | $7,702 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $2,730 | $15,221 | $4,656 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 81% | 79% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 33% | 59% | 38% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 78% | 70% | 64% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $13,000 | $10,417 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $27,389 | $32,840 | $33,563 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $36,115 | $38,555 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US public 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
4 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate's | Associate's | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $38,387 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's | Associate's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $44,125 |
| Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate's | Associate's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's | Associate's | 2 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $48,733 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Mount Pleasant and Michigan on Local Economy
- More colleges: All colleges in Michigan
- Homes: Homes for sale in Michigan
Questions and answers
How much does Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College cost?
$11,949 a year is the average net price at Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $2,730, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $19,424. Families earning under $30,000 pay $11,949 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College?
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
What is the graduation rate at Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College?
33% of first-time, full-time students at Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College finish within 3 years. 78% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public 2-year colleges is 38%.
What are the most popular majors at Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College?
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (4 associate's graduates), Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (2 associate's graduates), Biological and Physical Sciences (2 associate's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 4 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.