Kettering University
Private College in Flint, MI. Six-year graduation rate 71%. Median 10-year earnings $94,823.
Students who entered Kettering University reach a median of $94,823 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Completion is a strength: 71% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.1% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
79% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 2,161 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 16% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 33% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 580–660 | 87 (33%) |
| SAT Math | 580–670 | |
| ACT Composite | 26–30 | 14 (5%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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71% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention is strong at 94%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,279 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $35,609 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $24,910 while those at $110k+ pay $39,399. Most students get help: 98% receive grants worth $24,488 on average. Federal borrowing reaches 46% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 228 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $24,910 |
| $30–48k | $23,273 |
| $48–75k | $31,544 |
| $75–110k | $33,401 |
| $110k+ | $39,399 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 584 of these 1,279 students, totalling $3,742,863 — an average of $6,409 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Genesee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)