Career Programs at SMC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Southwestern Michigan College is $7,649 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Southwestern Michigan College offers the alternative tuition plans .

53% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,844 (exclude student loans).

SMC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$7,649
Average Financial Amount	$4,844

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Southwestern Michigan College offers 16 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 283 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Southwestern Michigan College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	1	0
2 Years Certificate	15	28
Total	16	283

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

28 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
255 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	✕	0	-
	Total	0

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Network and System Administration/Administrator	✕	2	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Automation Engineer Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	0 completers	$18,800
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	0	$18,800
General Studies	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	4	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	11	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	1	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✕	2	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
	Total	28

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Agricultural Production Operations	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Communication	✕	8	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	2	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	8	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	4	-
Teacher Assistant/Aide	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Engineering	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Automation Engineer Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	81 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	6	-
General Studies	✕	75	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	2	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Psychology	✕	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	9	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	0	-
Human Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Social Work	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	1	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	7	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	3	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Graphic Design	✕	9	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	9	-
Music	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	5	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Pre-Nursing Studies	✕	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	37	-
Business [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	15	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	12	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	✕	0	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	2	-
	Total	255

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 1,807 students are attending at Southwestern Michigan College. There are 53 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 90 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 16 to 1 (6.25%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 145 (full-time) and 130 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Southwestern Michigan College is 29% and transfer-out rate is 22%. The retention rate is 50% at the school.

SMC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	1,807
Graduation Rate	29%
Number of Faculty	143
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

Student Population at SMC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,756 students enrolled into Southwestern Michigan College. By gender, 657 male and 1,099 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Southwestern Michigan College.

Student Population By Gender
Southwestern Michigan College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,756	657	1,099
Full-time	726	311	415
Part-tme	1,030	346	684

There are 1,181 White (67.26%), 188 Black/African American (10.71%), 79 Hispanic (4.50%), 32 Asian (1.82%), and 350 students with other races attending Southwestern Michigan College. 1 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Southwestern Michigan College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,756	657	1,099
American Indian/Native American	14	3	11
Asian	32	17	15
Black/African American	188	66	122
Hispanic	79	28	51
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	2	3
White	1,181	447	734
Two More	84	35	49
Un-Known	172	59	113
Non-resident Alien	1	0	1

Southwestern Michigan College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

63 students (3.59% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 413 students (23.52% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Southwestern Michigan College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Southwestern Michigan College
	Number of Students
Total	1,756
Enrolled Online Exclusively	63
Enrolled Some Online Courses	413
Not in Online Courses	1,280

By age range, at Southwestern Michigan College, 421 students are aged 20 to 24 (23.97% of total students), 882 students are aged below 20 (50.23%), 43 students are aged above 50 (4.78%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Southwestern Michigan College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,756	657	1,099
Under 18	333	131	202
Age 18-19	549	234	315
Age 20-21	288	121	167
Age 22-24	133	52	81
Age 25-29	146	37	109
Age 30-34	106	33	73
Age 35-39	57	15	42
Age 40-49	101	20	81
Age 50-64	42	13	29
Over 64	1	1	0

Directory and Accreditation Information

Southwestern Michigan College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1976 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Southwestern Michigan College.

58900 Cherry Grove Rd, Dowagiac, MI

269-782-1000

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