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Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College

LAnse, Michigan Public 2-year Remote rural area

Overview

Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College is a public two-year institution in LAnse, Michigan. The campus sits in a remote rural area. It enrolled 243 students in fall 2024. It is a tribal college and a land-grant institution.

Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 12 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Early Childhood Education and Teaching, and Environmental Science. It awarded 29 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 3 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 73% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 7 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
243
Students enrolled
73%
First-year retention
29
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
12
Programs and majors
7:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 12

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 1
Education 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 1
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Health Professions 4
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Psychology 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
73%
First-year retention, part-time students
41%
Student-to-faculty ratio
7:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
15
Certificates under 1 year
12
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
2

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
243
Undergraduates, fall 2024
243
Full-time, fall 2024
26%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
313
Full-time, 2024-25
23%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
61%
Men
39%
White
56%
Hispanic or Latino
2%
Black or African American
1%
Two or more races
9%
American Indian or Alaska Native
31%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
3
Programs with a fully online option
3
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
12%
Students taking some online courses
40%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Remote rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Tribal Colleges
Interim President
Megan Haataja
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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