Lake Michigan College vs Wilbur Wright College

Lake Michigan College and City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College, both esteemed institutions of higher learning, offer diverse educational opportunities to students in Michigan and Illinois respectively. Lake Michigan College boasts an acceptance rate of 100%, welcoming all qualified applicants, while Wilbur Wright College maintains a more selective admissions process with an acceptance rate of 88%. In terms of student body demographics, Lake Michigan College's student population is predominantly White (68%) and female (58%), while Wilbur Wright College's student body is more diverse, with a larger proportion of Black (38%) and Hispanic (29%) students, and a gender distribution that is nearly equal. Both institutions offer a wide range of popular majors, including Business, Health Professions, and Liberal Arts, but Wilbur Wright College also features programs in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management. With graduation rates of 28% and 23% respectively, both colleges are committed to providing students with the skills and knowledge necessary for success

	City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College	Lake Michigan College
Overview
Location	Chicago, Illinois	Benton Harbor, Michigan
Campus setting	City: Large	Rural: Fringe
College type	2 year	2 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate	69.0%	81.0%
Common app member	No	No
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	Open Admission	Open Admission
Application fees
SAT range	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	N/A
Students submitting SAT score
Students submitting ACT score
Total number of applicants
Total number of admissions given out
Admitted students who chose to enroll
Yield rate
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	Not required	Not required
High school GPA	N/A	N/A
Recommendation letters	N/A	N/A
High school transcript	N/A	N/A
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	N/A	N/A

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $22,978 Out of state: $25,888	$18,927
Average net price	$3,439	$8,146
Tuition	In state: $11,520 Out of state: $14,430	$6,900
Room & board
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	85.0% Average amount $5,797	87.0% Average amount $4,722
Students receiving federal student loan	1.0% Average amount $4,576	21.0% Average amount $3,333
Students taking out private loans	0.0% Average amount $0	1.0% Average amount $6,909

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	7,236 Men 42.7% Women 57.3%	2,729 Men 35.1% Women 64.9%
Graduate students	N/A	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Low
Out-of-state students	0.1%	N/A
International students	1.3%	N/A
Campus local/setting	City: Large	Rural: Fringe
Dormitory capacity	N/A	188
First year students are required to live on campus?	N/A	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Illinois Alabama	N/A

Academics
Popular study areas	Liberal Arts Multidisciplinary Studies Computer and Information Science Legal Profession Engineering	Liberal Arts Health Professions Multidisciplinary Studies Business Precision Production
Students to faculty ratio	27:1	14:1
Institutional accreditation	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	29.0%	15.6%
Dropout rate	47.1%	6.1%
Transferred out	11.2%	65.0%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Legal Support Services (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $35,772 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $26,216 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Biological and Physical Sciences (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $21,985 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $55,351 Year 2: $55,964 Year 3: $49,583 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $46,610 Year 2: $52,107 Year 3: $46,665 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $25,023 Year 2: $18,154 Year 3: N/A

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