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Ferris State University

1201 S State St, Big Rapids, MI 49307 · Public 4-year · (231) 591-2000 · School website

Average net price

$8,624

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

121

2023-24, IPEDS

Students with Pell

34.2%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission Credit for military training (IPEDS) On Michigan's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Ferris State University

Ferris State University reported 121 certificate and associate completions in 6 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (51). College Scorecard counts 8,106 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Welding	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	51	$56,811	WIOA list
HVAC	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	23	$48,795	WIOA list
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	19	$68,791
Billing and coding	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	16	$39,818
IT support	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	7	Not published
Cybersecurity	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	5	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Ferris State University

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $14,778
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $14,778
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $890
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $8,624
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $21,000
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $54,735

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Ferris State University net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

Other welding programs within 40 miles

Montcalm Community CollegeSidney, MI · 35.6 mi

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