Detroit City Wire

College tuition fees rose 3.5% in Wayne County in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Data shows that students paid $12,026 on average to attend higher education courses at the time, $403 more than the previous school year.

Among the 23 institutions providing full disclosure in the county, the College for Creative Studies stood out with the highest tuition fees, reaching an average of $49,435. Dorsey College-Wayne followed with an average of $31,680 per year. Wayne County Community College District students were offered the lowest annual tuition fees at $3,271.

At the time, at least $74 million in grants or scholarships were awarded to full-time undergraduates who started at the Wayne County universities in the 2022-23 school year. Additionally, federal student loans reached more than $24.7 million.

Currently there are 24 higher education institutions in Wayne County, including L'esprit Academy, University of Detroit Mercy, and Detroit Business Institute-Downriver.

Undergraduate education costs have seen a significant increase over the past few decades. Data shows a 169% rise in the average total cost, including tuition, fees, room, and board, between 1980 and 2020.

According to a 2023 College Board report, in-state students at public universities paid an average of $11,260, while out-of-state students paid $29,150 in the 2023-24 academic year.

Meanwhile, student loan debt has steadily increased over the last 30 years, reaching $1.75 trillion in 2024, averaging a total of $28,950 per borrower. Federal loans make up 92% of the debt, with over half of students at both public and private four-year colleges graduating with student loans.

Of the 24 institutions in Wayne County, Ecumenical Theological Seminary did not provide detailed data on tuition fees.

Available data sometimes exceeds 100% due to rounding and administrative calculations.

Institution	Number of Students Receiving Grants	Total Amount of Grants Received	Average Amount of Grant Per Student	Number of Students Receiving Loans	Total Amount of Loans Received	Average Amount of Loans Per Student
University of Michigan-Dearborn	940	$8,978,705	$9,552	296	$1,784,903	$6,030
P&A Scholars Beauty School	17	$105,725	$6,219	17	$102,165	$6,010
Ross Medical Education Center-Taylor	36	$204,195	$5,672	39	$417,799	$10,713
L'esprit Academy	64	$439,280	$6,864	64	$767,234	$11,988
Henry Ford College	909	$7,641,943	$8,407	234	$1,109,201	$4,740
Dorsey College-Dearborn	112	$816,274	$7,288	105	$1,289,230	$12,278
Dorsey College-Wayne	47	$312,036	$6,639	46	$725,586	$15,774
College for Creative Studies	248	$6,691,689	$26,983	174	$1,447,372	$8,318
Madonna University	241	$4,797,495	$19,907	159	$1,147,921	$7,220
Detroit Business Institute-Downriver	5	$41,366	$8,273	6	$36,470	$6,078
Dorsey School of Beauty	196	$1,365,652	$6,968	281	$2,622,871	$9,334
University of Detroit Mercy	490	$10,892,740	$22,230	181	$1,291,185	$7,134
Metro Detroit Barber College	19	$122,584	$6,452	0	$0	$0
Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-Hair Lab Detroit Barber School	15	$79,859	$5,324	15	$101,000	$6,733
Ross Medical Education Center-Canton	60	$265,722	$4,429	63	$688,609	$10,930
The Michigan Barber School	26	$173,270	$6,664	0	$0	$0
DSDT	55	$419,517	$7,628	54	$498,603	$9,233
Dorsey College-Woodhaven	35	$196,379	$5,611	38	$501,823	$13,206
Sacred Heart Major Seminary	0	$0	$0	0	$0	$0
MIAT College of Technology	345	$2,513,542	$7,286	420	$4,509,181	$10,736
Wayne State University	2,335	$25,362,380	$10,862	833	$5,277,885	$6,336
Ecumenical Theological Seminary	--	--	--	--	--	--
Schoolcraft Community College District	369	$1,390,213	$3,768	35	$164,560	$4,702
Wayne County Community College District	182	$1,144,135	$6,286	35	$213,460	$6,099