Free tuition at your in-district community college to earn an associate degree or Pell-eligible skill certificate if you're 25+
Community College
Note: If you attend college in the district where you live, tuition is free. If you attend a college in a district where you don’t live, Reconnect only pays the in-district part of the tuition and the student will need to pay the remaining balance.
“Free tuition means I can finally finish my degree I have been wanting!”
Lance Leversee, Portage, MI
“Helping people is my passion and I want to be in a field where I can effect change.”
Lisa Wimbley, Detroit, MI
“Free tuition means everything to me. It feels so good to have my education paid for.”
Erica Morales, Hastings, MI
An education beyond high school opens the door to many new opportunities. Michigan Reconnect can help you get there—tuition-free.
16,998
more per year in earnings with a
two-year degree
75%
of Michigan jobs will require education beyond high school
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These programs and initiatives support Michigan’s goal to increase the number of working-age adults with a skill certificate or college degree from 45% today to 60% by 2030.
Sixty by 30 seeks to build a better Michigan in three ways:
Increase opportunity for all Michiganders and give residents greater access to the education and skills that create opportunities for better jobs and bigger paychecks.
Close the skills gap that challenges the success of our businesses and our state’s prosperity. Jobs requiring skilled employees today, as well as jobs on the horizon, demand greater education and training than ever before.
Make Michigan more competitive for inclusive economic growth.