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Ferris State University (Michigan): 30 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record
Ferris State University (Higher Ed: Baccalaureate or Higher), 1201 S State St, Big Rapids has 30 programs on Michigan’s Training Provider Results list leading to: Associate in Applied Science; Associate in Applied Science - Dental Hygiene; Associate in Applied Science - HVACR Technology; Associate in Applied Science - Manufacturing Technology; Associate in Applied Science - Marketing; Associate in Applied Science - Pre-Pharmacy and 24 more. The table prints what the provider reported for each: the published cost, how many students exited, the share who completed, the share employed in the second quarter after exit, and their median earnings in that quarter — as reported, with the federal definition of every column below. Nothing is ranked, imputed or estimated. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Published cost basis | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) | Avg WIOA ITA $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allied Health Sciences | $63,650 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 235 | 69% | 79% | $13,339 | — |
| 2 | Automotive Engineering Technology | $69,300 | 120 wk · 23 hrs | 100 | 40% | 58% | $13,821 | — |
| 3 | Bachelor's of Social Work | $63,260 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 209 | 42% | 82% | $9,487 | — |
| 4 | Business Administration (BUAD-BS) B.S. | $63,060 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 66 | 44% | 69% | $10,577 | — |
| 5 | Construction Management | $64,260 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 154 | 49% | 77% | $18,178 | — |
| 6 | Criminal Justice | $30,836 | 60 wk · 12 hrs | 198 | 22% | 77% | $3,413 | — |
| 7 | Criminal Justice - Generalist | $62,760 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 329 | 45% | 82% | $9,686 | — |
| 8 | Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Specialist | $62,760 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 51 | 33% | 82% | $11,063 | — |
| 9 | Dental Hygiene | $35,099 | 60 wk · 12 hrs | 271 | 31% | 83% | $9,094 | — |
| 10 | Diagnostic Medical Sonography | $31,672 | 60 wk · 12 hrs | 112 | 13% | 77% | $7,611 | — |
| 11 | Digital Animation & Game Design | $62,860 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 112 | 34% | 60% | $6,045 | — |
| 12 | Elementary Education B.S. | $64,760 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 164 | 34% | 93% | $7,955 | — |
| 13 | Facility Management | $60,540 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 22 | 45% | 67% | $15,465 | — |
| 14 | Grapic Design | $5,183 | 12 wk · 9 hrs | 56 | 48% | — | — | — |
| 15 | Health Information Management | $60,540 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 33 | 39% | 86% | $9,438 | — |
| 16 | Human Resource Management | $63,260 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 45 | 42% | 71% | $10,318 | — |
| 17 | HVAC Engineering Technology | $63,846 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 120 | 48% | 43% | $17,288 | — |
| 18 | HVACR Technology | $30,286 | 60 wk · 12 hrs | 80 | 46% | 46% | $14,286 | — |
| 19 | Industrial Technology & Management | $63,160 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 50 | 46% | 93% | $23,279 | — |
| 20 | Long Term Care | $5,500 | 15 wk · 9 hrs | 38 | 47% | 88% | $16,060 | $683 |
| 21 | Manufacturing Technology | $30,480 | 60 wk · 12 hrs | 40 | 40% | 54% | $2,971 | — |
| 22 | Marketing | $30,200 | 60 wk · 12 hrs | 157 | 34% | 65% | $3,240 | — |
| 23 | Medical Laboratory Science | $63,610 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 61 | 46% | 76% | $14,181 | — |
| 24 | Nursing - BSN | $63,592 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 224 | 36% | 83% | $17,526 | $7,020 |
| 25 | Pre-Pharmacy | $30,000 | 60 wk · 12 hrs | 139 | 35% | 77% | $3,464 | — |
| 26 | Product Design Engineering Technology | $61,040 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 78 | 44% | 76% | $16,485 | — |
| 27 | Psychology | $63,260 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | 196 | 34% | 77% | $6,208 | — |
| 28 | Radiography | $19,800 | 83 wk · 30 hrs | 112 | 27% | 66% | $10,233 | — |
| 29 | Spanish for the Professions | $60,540 | 120 wk · 12 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Welding Technology | $30,000 | 60 wk · 12 hrs | 192 | 46% | 61% | $2,060 | — |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov (state Eligible Training Provider performance reports, form ETA-9171), snapshot taken 2026-09-02; the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is tuition and fees for a non-WIOA participant where the provider reported it (books and supplies added only when reported separately), otherwise the average WIOA training-account dollars per participant — the basis is printed under each figure. The provider’s own program page is linked where it reported one; RetrainMap has not verified those links.
How to read the columns — the federal data dictionary
Definitions from the TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0 (2024-05-15), as shipped in the dataset’s data_dictionary.csv. Median earnings are one calendar quarter, not a year. Percentages of small cohorts are noisy — read the exited count first. A dash means the federal file prints −1 (suppressed: small cohort, not reported, or flagged) — blank here, never zero.
- all_completed_pct (federal field field_c_completed_percent)
- Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_employed_q2_pct (federal field field_c_q2_employment_percent)
- Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_median_earnings_q2_usd (federal field field_c_median_earnings)
- Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125)
- avg_ita_cost_per_wioa_participant_usd (federal field field_c_cost_per_wioa)
- Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135)
- non_wioa_tuition_fees_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_tuition_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111)
- non_wioa_books_supplies_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_supplies_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Books and Supplies (DE112)
- length_weeks (federal field field_program_length_weeks)
- Length of the training program in weeks, as completed by a full-time student (DE114); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- length_hours (federal field field_program_length_hours)
- Length of the training program in clock/contact hours (DE113); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- all_students_exited (federal field field_c_total_exited)
- Total number of individuals exited from the training program (DE121)
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Sources and dates
- U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration — Training Provider Results program index, https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/ · snapshot 2026-09-02 · normalised in the RetrainMap Training Provider Outcomes dataset (suppressed −1 cells blank; percentages 0–100; nothing imputed)
- TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0, 2024-05-15 — https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/assets/ETP_Data_Dictionary.pdf
Other providers in Michigan: the Michigan provider index.