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Southwestern Michigan College

58900 Cherry Grove Rd, Dowagiac, MI 49047 · Public 2-year · (269) 782-1000 · School website

Average net price

$5,978

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

37.7%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

38.5%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

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

Career programs at Southwestern Michigan College

Southwestern Michigan College reported 72 certificate and associate completions in 11 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (22). College Scorecard counts 1,431 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Welding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	22	Not published	WIOA list
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	18	Not published	WIOA list
Carpentry	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	11	Not published	WIOA list
IT support	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	9	Not published	WIOA list
Medical assistant	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	8	Not published	WIOA list
Billing and coding	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	3	Not published
Cybersecurity	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	1	Not published	WIOA list
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published	WIOA list
Phlebotomy	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published	WIOA list
LPN/LVN	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published
CNA	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published	WIOA list

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 Southwestern Michigan College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $6,417
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $7,864
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $8,394
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,659
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $5,978
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $10,959
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $37,303

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

Southwestern Michigan College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)

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

Other welding programs within 40 miles

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