Your graduation rates may vary
It’s not a statistic highlighted in college pamphlets or admissions websites, but it’s a data point freshman should think about as they set up their dorm rooms this week:
Not all of them have the same chance of graduating.
White students are more likely to graduate than African-American students at almost all Michigan universities. And the gap between those graduation rates is growing at many schools.
Use the database below to see how your school has performed over the past decade:
Adrian College
41.89688, -84.06303
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 45.9% 50.0% 2003 42.8% 30.8% 2004 51.0% 22.2% 2005 53.3% 27.8% 2006 47.1% 14.8% 2007 56.2% 43.8% 2008 54.5% 25.0% 2009 N/A N/A 2010 46.2% 25.0% 2011 51.7% 40.0% Albion College
42.24507, -84.74611
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 70.4% 66.7% 2003 70.1% 52.2% 2004 73.7% N/A 2005 73.6% N/A 2006 76.5% 75.0% 2007 71.5% N/A 2008 72.5% N/A 2009 76.1% 46.2% 2010 75.9% 51.5% 2011 69.1% 52.4% Alma College
43.38040, -84.67071
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 69.9% N/A 2003 73.3% N/A 2004 72.6% 52.9% 2005 73.8% N/A 2006 70.9% N/A 2007 71.5% N/A 2008 70.7% N/A 2009 67.4% 13.3% 2010 64.9% 20.0% 2011 67.8% 50.0% Andrews University
41.96369,-86.35898
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 52.4% 45.3% 2003 57.7% 50.8% 2004 34.6% 42.9% 2005 48.6% 55.2% 2006 58.7% 47.4% 2007 53.3% 48.1% 2008 58.8% 55.6% 2009 56.1% 68.4% 2010 48.0% 65.0% 2011 61.6% 69.7% Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, MI
42.96048,-85.62738Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 54.6% N/A 2003 54.2% N/A 2004 54.3% 16.7% 2005 51.3% 23.1% 2006 53.4% N/A 2007 57.2% N/A 2008 49.4% 40.0% 2009 56.8% N/A 2010 62.3% 38.5% 2011 54.9% 21.4% Baker College Center for Graduate Studies
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Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 N/A N/A 2008 N/A N/A 2009 N/A N/A 2010 33.3% 0.0% 2011 16.7% N/A Baker College of Allen Park
42.27455,-83.20318
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2010 N/A 0.00% 2011 100.0% N/A Baker College of Auburn Hills
42.65969,-83.24963
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 N/A N/A 2008 11.1% N/A 2009 9.1% N/A 2010 5.6% 0.0% 2011 6.3% 0.0% Baker College of Cadillac
44.26756,-85.37984
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 N/A N/A 2008 N/A N/A 2009 4.5% N/A 2010 26.3% N/A 2011 N/A N/A Baker College of Clinton Township
42.55346,-82.90926
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2008 13.8% N/A 2009 14.5% 6.3% 2010 13.8% 0.0% 2011 24.2% 0.0% Baker College of Flint
42.97574,-83.69622
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 13.0% N/A 2003 20.0% N/A 2004 40.0% N/A 2005 23.1% N/A 2006 14.3% N/A 2007 20.0% N/A 2008 13.0% 0.0% 2009 14.7% 2.9% 2010 12.2% 0.0% 2011 27.9% 3.0% Baker College of Jackson
42.27830,-84.45182
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 N/A N/A 2008 9.1% N/A 2009 16.1% N/A 2010 22.7% N/A 2011 7.1% 0.0% Baker College of Muskegon
43.24391,-86.19734
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 N/A N/A 2008 12.5% N/A 2009 8.0% N/A 2010 10.3% 0.0% 2011 22.2% 0.0% Baker College of Owosso
42.98592,-84.17203
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2008 13.0% N/A 2009 14.0% N/A 2010 11.8% 0.0% 2011 13.3% 0.0% Baker College of Port Huron
42.97843,-82.46886
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 N/A N/A 2008 N/A N/A 2009 20.0% N/A 2010 24.0% N/A 2011 34.9% N/A Calvin College
42.93085,-85.58779
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 73.0% N/A 2003 75.5% N/A 2004 76.6% 61.5% 2005 72.8% N/A 2006 75.5% 72.7% 2007 73.5% N/A 2008 76.6% N/A 2009 74.5% 40.0% 2010 77.3% 81.0% 2011 77.8% 42.9% Central Michigan University
43.58770,-84.77437
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 48.4% 41.8% 2003 54.3% 34.1% 2004 57.0% 42.2% 2005 57.4% 38.1% 2006 59.1% 41.6% 2007 58.8% 40.6% 2008 58.9% 43.6% 2009 58.7% 45.2% 2010 56.4% 36.5% 2011 56.2% 32.8% Cleary University
42.58755,-83.88042
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2005 N/A N/A 2006 N/A N/A 2007 N/A N/A 2008 N/A N/A 2009 N/A N/A 2010 38.9% 0.0% 2011 58.6% 57.1% College for Creative Studies
42.36150,-83.06294
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 59.3% 31.6% 2003 58.2% 37.5% 2004 55.1% 16.7% 2005 68.7% 18.8% 2006 53.3% 35.3% 2007 52.8% 33.3% 2008 54.3% 35.0% 2009 70.1% 27.3% 2010 64.7% 31.3% 2011 64.5% 33.3% Concordia University-Ann Arbor
42.27334,-83.68338
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 49.3% N/A 2003 41.8% N/A 2004 50.5% N/A 2005 52.3% N/A 2006 38.7% N/A 2007 38.9% N/A 2008 49.4% N/A 2009 N/A N/A 2010 42.5% 0.0% 2011 42.1% 0.0% Cornerstone University
42.98024,-85.59337
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 37.1% N/A 2003 38.9% N/A 2004 40.3% N/A 2005 43.3% N/A 2006 45.1% N/A 2007 42.4% N/A 2008 53.3% N/A 2009 52.9% N/A 2010 49.0% 33.3% 2011 44.7% 40.0% Davenport University
42.84967,-85.53077
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 38.3% N/A 2003 14.8% N/A 2004 27.9% 9.3% 2005 26.8% 8.6% 2006 28.4% 7.2% 2007 33.3% 10.8% 2008 19.1% 3.5% 2009 24.8% 9.3% 2010 20.9% 17.2% 2011 26.6% 8.3% Eastern Michigan University
42.24982,-83.62581
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 40.9% 28.1% 2003 40.4% 27.4% 2004 43.1% 33.0% 2005 42.1% 26.0% 2006 42.9% 30.0% 2007 43.2% 25.3% 2008 40.5% 20.5% 2009 45.2% 25.1% 2010 42.6% 21.6% 2011 43.9% 26.2% Ferris State University
43.68749,-85.48104
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 30.0% 2.4% 2003 37.7% 15.9% 2004 35.5% 16.2% 2005 38.6% 8.5% 2006 36.7% 12.8% 2007 38.7% 19.7% 2008 45.2% 15.2% 2009 49.2% 21.6% 2010 50.4% 26.9% 2011 45.8% 30.8% Finlandia University
47.12687,-88.58905
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2008 31.8% N/A 2009 38.9% N/A 2010 31.8% 0.0% 2011 40.8% 0.0% Grace Bible College
42.91948,-85.69219
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 11.1% N/A 2003 24.3% N/A 2004 31.3% N/A 2005 34.2% N/A 2006 47.1% N/A 2007 35.7% N/A 2008 35.7% N/A 2009 48.4% N/A 2010 29.3% 0.0% 2011 34.6% N/A Grand Valley State University
42.96424,-85.67999
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 48.6% 34.7% 2003 50.1% 39.3% 2004 50.8% 44.7% 2005 53.6% 46.5% 2006 52.1% 43.7% 2007 53.0% 47.5% 2008 56.9% 54.2% 2009 61.4% 55.3% 2010 62.1% 48.4% 2011 63.9% 56.4% Great Lakes Christian College
42.75374,-84.63879
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 36.0% N/A 2008 36.4% N/A 2009 27.3% N/A 2010 26.1% 0.0% 2011 23.5% 0.0% Hope College
42.78761,-86.10374
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 74.6% N/A 2003 75.6% 80.0% 2004 73.7% N/A 2005 75.6% N/A 2006 76.6% 72.7% 2007 78.4% N/A 2008 73.2% 46.2% 2009 79.9% 50.0% 2010 78.3% 57.9% 2011 79.8% 81.3% International Academy of Design and Technology-Troy
42.55167,-83.11850
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2010 30.0% 14.3% 2011 45.0% 30.8% Kalamazoo College
42.29036,-85.59960
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 76.4% 50.0% 2003 77.7% 70.8% 2004 76.7% 57.1% 2005 79.9% N/A 2006 83.1% 90.0% 2007 76.8% N/A 2008 75.7% 40.0% 2009 76.7% 70.0% 2010 80.8% 72.7% 2011 83.1% 76.9% Kettering University
43.01264,-83.71349
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 63.6% 47.6% 2003 60.0% 46.7% 2004 60.6% 54.1% 2005 63.8% 41.2% 2006 66.2% 47.4% 2007 58.3% 41.2% 2008 64.4% 65.2% 2009 61.1% 32.4% 2010 59.2% 42.9% 2011 62.8% 36.0% Kuyper College
43.02194,-85.59270
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 57.6% N/A 2008 44.2% N/A 2009 34.1% N/A 2010 39.5% N/A 2011 54.8% 0.0% Lake Superior State University
46.49318,-84.36301
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 38.7% N/A 2003 43.3% N/A 2004 39.5% N/A 2005 39.7% N/A 2006 43.4% N/A 2007 36.7% N/A 2008 37.8% N/A 2009 25.8% N/A 2010 39.3% 20.0% 2011 35.6% 28.6% Lawrence Technological University
42.47493,-83.24955
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 44.7% 20.6% 2003 49.7% 12.5% 2004 52.8% 14.3% 2005 50.4% 20.5% 2006 48.9% 25.8% 2007 76.4% 19.4% 2008 50.5% 12.5% 2009 54.8% 9.1% 2010 53.9% 4.3% 2011 53.3% 11.1% Madonna University
42.38429,-83.40459
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 51.9% N/A 2003 52.9% N/A 2004 51.5% N/A 2005 44.4% 12.5% 2006 38.9% 25.0% 2007 50.3% 14.3% 2008 50.3% 14.3% 2009 33.6% 13.3% 2010 42.2% 14.3% 2011 48.2% 15.0% Marygrove College
42.41535,-83.15736
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 N/A 20.00% 2003 N/A 20.40% 2004 N/A 27.30% 2005 N/A N/A 2006 N/A 16.70% 2007 N/A 25.90% 2008 N/A 11.10% 2009 N/A 14.30% 2010 66.7% 38.9% 2011 42.9% 16.2% Michigan State University
42.72520,-84.47971
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 71.4% 53.5% 2003 72.1% 54.6% 2004 74.8% 53.7% 2005 77.5% 56.3% 2006 78.1% 53.6% 2007 77.8% 59.1% 2008 79.3% 54.6% 2009 81.0% 58.7% 2010 80.0% 58.4% 2011 80.9% 55.4% Michigan Technological University
47.11888,-88.54629
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 66.4% 33.3% 2003 61.6% 34.6% 2004 64.2% 41.2% 2005 61.2% 16.1% 2006 61.7% 50.0% 2007 64.7% 46.2% 2008 66.0% 47.8% 2009 66.9% 71.4% 2010 66.4% 36.8% 2011 66.2% 58.8% Northern Michigan University
46.55827,-87.40611
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 42.5% N/A 2003 45.9% N/A 2004 46.0% 13.3% 2005 35.1% 17.6% 2006 49.3% 27.3% 2007 49.1% 10.5% 2008 48.7% 28.0% 2009 46.1% 33.3% 2010 46.7% 33.3% 2011 49.3% 8.0% Northwood University-Michigan
43.62982,-84.27795
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 57.5% 33.3% 2003 59.4% 42.2% 2004 49.7% 35.9% 2005 53.4% 33.3% 2006 55.6% 29.7% 2007 56.9% 29.2% 2008 51.8% 28.4% 2009 60.5% 28.6% 2010 52.3% 40.6% 2011 58.2% 32.1% Oakland University
42.67355,-83.21654
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 43.3% 21.6% 2003 45.9% 28.4% 2004 47.9% 23.1% 2005 46.3% 30.2% 2006 47.8% 33.3% 2007 47.6% 25.7% 2008 46.1% 23.7% 2009 45.1% 15.4% 2010 45.3% 11.7% 2011 44.5% 17.9% Olivet College
42.44175,-84.92358
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 30.1% 32.8% 2003 30.2% 41.9% 2004 39.3% 35.9% 2005 37.3% 40.0% 2006 37.2% 16.7% 2007 43.5% 22.6% 2008 38.5% 27.9% 2009 46.9% 19.7% 2010 47.9% 21.1% 2011 50.5% 20.0% Rochester College
42.66684,-83.14624
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 24.2% 5.9% 2003 35.1% 10.0% 2004 24.2% 21.4% 2005 38.0% 17.6% 2006 33.6% N/A 2007 36.4% 5.9% 2008 42.7% 0.0% 2009 48.6% 30.0% 2010 37.1% 60.0% 2011 40.6% 36.4% Saginaw Valley State University
43.51319,-83.96445
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 32.4% 14.3% 2003 35.2% 16.9% 2004 37.0% 24.6% 2005 38.0% 17.1% 2006 37.1% 7.8% 2007 39.2% 23.0% 2008 40.2% 12.6% 2009 41.8% 11.7% 2010 45.5% 21.9% 2011 41.1% 16.8% Siena Heights University
41.90609,-84.01552
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 49.7% 0.0% 2003 43.3% 13.6% 2004 49.0% 21.4% 2005 42.1% 29.4% 2006 44.6% 52.9% 2007 70.2% 61.5% 2008 37.7% 25.0% 2009 47.6% 31.8% 2010 46.1% 61.5% 2011 54.5% 13.8% Spring Arbor University
42.20683,-84.55486
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 64.5% N/A 2003 63.1% N/A 2004 50.0% 18.2% 2005 60.2% 18.2% 2006 59.3% N/A 2007 60.4% N/A 2008 60.7% N/A 2009 58.7% N/A 2010 57.7% 35.3% 2011 58.1% 35.7% University of Detroit Mercy
42.41427,-83.13806
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 65.1% 40.5% 2003 59.2% 39.4% 2004 61.8% 33.8% 2005 58.7% 40.0% 2006 60.5% 33.3% 2007 61.7% 38.9% 2008 66.7% 36.2% 2009 58.5% 32.3% 2010 61.3% 34.8% 2011 66.3% 32.0% University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
42.27676,-83.73822
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 87.8% 65.9% 2003 88.5% 67.0% 2004 89.5% 68.6% 2005 92.0% 71.9% 2006 89.9% 70.6% 2007 90.6% 71.7% 2008 90.9% 69.7% 2009 94.6% 78.9% 2010 91.4% 78.3% 2011 90.8% 77.6% University of Michigan-Dearborn
42.31870,-83.23403
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 47.8% 22.6% 2003 56.2% 41.2% 2004 50.6% 28.6% 2005 48.6% 31.3% 2006 49.9% 20.7% 2007 54.5% 40.0% 2008 55.0% 38.1% 2009 50.3% 34.5% 2010 55.0% 32.4% 2011 50.9% 45.5% University of Michigan-Flint
43.01933,-83.68887
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 37.9% 35.4% 2003 40.4% 35.2% 2004 38.0% 36.1% 2005 38.7% 22.9% 2006 35.6% 33.3% 2007 35.6% 20.5% 2008 37.7% 16.1% 2009 47.3% 27.3% 2010 39.7% 18.8% 2011 39.6% 27.0% University of Phoenix-Metro Detroit Campus
42.48230,-83.24261
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 12.8% 0.0% 2008 10.9% 6.2% 2009 10.6% 10.6% 2010 15.3% 11.8% 2011 15.6% 12.7% University of Phoenix-West Michigan Campus
43.01849,-85.67747
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2007 3.6% N/A 2008 6.1% 0.0% 2009 10.6% 3.8% 2010 13.8% 0.0% 2011 11.1% 4.8% Wayne State University
42.35821,-83.07016
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 44.0% 12.3% 2003 42.5% 12.8% 2004 43.6% 10.0% 2005 45.1% 11.0% 2006 44.9% 10.1% 2007 41.3% 9.8% 2008 44.2% 8.7% 2009 44.6% 8.6% 2010 43.6% 10.0% 2011 38.6% 7.5% Western Michigan University
42.28325,-85.61568
Year White graduation rate African American graduation rate 2002 56.4% 33.6% 2003 56.9% 46.2% 2004 55.6% 47.8% 2005 55.4% 41.4% 2006 55.3% 40.2% 2007 55.1% 40.5% 2008 55.9% 51.0% 2009 55.6% 39.7% 2010 53.0% 45.7% 2011 56.9% 44.3%
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