Northwestern Technological Institute
For-profit College in Southfield, MI. Median 10-year earnings $41,237.
Students who entered Northwestern Technological Institute reach a median of $41,237 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. At 25:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. At 1,154 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,154 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $34,637 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($34,098 versus $39,066), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 60% of students at an average of $4,906. Most students borrow — 60% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 672 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 | $34,098 |
| $30–48k | $36,796 |
| $48–75k | $38,715 |
| $75–110k | $39,066 |
| $110k+ | $39,066 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 689 of these 1,154 students, totalling $3,947,364 — an average of $5,729 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Oakland 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)