Dearborn, MI · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for University of Michigan-Dearborn
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$88,223
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $2,600.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at University of Michigan Dearborn
| Full price, in state | $33,428 |
| Full price, out of state | $43,117 |
| After grants, at your income | $20,521 |
At this income, 18 of Michigan's other 30 colleges cost less after grants, and 12 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
University of Michigan Dearborn's promise. Go Blue Guarantee at Dearborn: free tuition for Michigan residents with a family income of $125,000 or less, assets below $125,000 and an incoming 3.5 GPA. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At University of Michigan Dearborn, our scenarios for Michigan households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $4,300 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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Go Blue Guarantee at Dearborn: free tuition for Michigan residents with a family income of $125,000 or less, assets below $125,000 and an incoming 3.5 GPA
Household income up to $125,000. Covers tuition.
- For a full-time in-state undergraduate with an incoming 3.5 GPA. Family assets must be below $125,000. It covers tuition.
“Students at UM-Dearborn are eligible for the Go Blue Guarantee - University of Michigan’s landmark promise of free tuition for high-achieving in-state undergraduate students from qualifying backgrounds. Eligibility includes: Full-time, in-state undergraduate student Family income $125,000 or less Assets below $125,000 Incoming 3.5 GPA”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what University of Michigan Dearborn reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.
The $4,300 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in University of Michigan Dearborn's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Michigan, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price University of Michigan Dearborn at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: University of Michigan-Dearborn's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by University of Michigan-Dearborn. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- Calvin University$19,742 a year
- University of Detroit Mercy$19,824 a year
- University of Michigan Dearborn$20,521 a year
- Northwood University$21,367 a year
- Kalamazoo College$21,642 a year
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