- The Inkwell
- Michigan
- Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste Marie, MITown: remoteZIP 49783Founded 1946
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1946
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1968
- Website
- www.lssu.edu
MichiganPublic
Lake Superior State University
Lake Superior State University is a public university in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, with 1,325 undergraduates. It graduates 50% within six years and costs $9,782 a year after aid.
50%graduate
Retention79%
4-year graduation28%
Pell Grant share34%
Federal loans35%
$9,782net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
50%graduate in 6 years
$55,573median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,500median debt
#1,002 of 1,704 for earnings#175 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,068 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $27,419tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $15,506
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $15,506
- Average net price
- $9,782national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$9,320
$30,001–48,000$4,804
$48,001–75,000$830
$75,001–110,000$11,873
$110,001+$17,946
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college79%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college50%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college34%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 50%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 28%
- First-year retention
- 79%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 60%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,862
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $55,573middle 50%: $37,501–$78,144
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$78,144
Median, Lake Superior State University$55,573
Lower quarter$37,501
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,325
- Part-time
- 13%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 21.4
- First-generation students
- 33%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 92%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,000 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,551
- Endowment, end of year
- $39,257,131
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White70%
Hispanic1.9%
Black3.0%
Asian0.8%
Two or more races4.7%
U.S. nonresident8.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native7.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown4.2%
21 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting17%
Business & management15%
Liberal arts & humanities13%
Natural resources & conservation8.7%
Engineering7.7%
Health professions7.5%
Biological & biomedical sciences7.3%
Education6.5%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 170639. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1591654.