WM Overview_2024 Update

GREATER GRAND RAPIDS BY THE NUMBERS

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

ENROLLMENT

13-COUNTY REGION POPULATION DATA

Grand Valley State University

21,648

Grand Rapids Community College

11,803

1,650,746

Ferris State University

10,072

Davenport University - Western Region

5,073

POPULATION

Muskegon Community College

3,446

40.6

Calvin College

3,231

Hope College

3,251

MEDIAN AGE

Cornerstone University

1,781

HOUSEHOLDS 614,115

Aquinas College

1,265

Montcalm Community College

1,603

Kendall College of Art and Design

562

LABOR FORCE 859,990

Michigan State University - West

273

Total

64,008

DATA SOURCE: IPEDS

COLLEGE ENROLLMENT 64,008

31.0% 31.7% 29.7% 7.6%

Bachelor’s or Higher Associate/Some College Other High School Diploma

DATA SOURCES: Lightcast, US Census Bureau American Community Survey, IPEDS

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

STEM DEGREE COMPLETIONS (2023)

COMPLETIONS

Science (including Healthcare)

4,662

Technology

686

Engineering

1,151

DATA SOURCE: Lightcast

Mathematics

169

DATA SOURCE: Lightcast

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