NMU Reviews

Everybody should go to this college. Some people just dont even care

Northern Michigan University is great! It's an awesome place to attend college; so many opportunities to do things outdoors while getting a great education.

Never been more excited to go to a place before. Can't wait to be up there fall of 2016 as a transfer student!

The road construction never really ends and the campus is somewhat difficult to navigate by car but it does have an excellent nursing program

I went there and daughter goes there. Great place to educate and see the wild of the UP

Serious about health safety, keycard access to buildings during the current summer session.

Awesome college campus in the heart of Michigan s UP!!

This is literally the worst place to ever go to. It's corrupt, and it's a blemish on an otherwise gorgeous city. Their financial aid has been literally ruining lives, and just got worse with their PayPath crap they pulled, making you pay even more than usual for tuition, JUST for trying to pay online. It was implemented in 2016, yeah, way to get with the times. I know people who ended up owing upwards of 5 GRAND for a six credit semester, just because of bullshit the financial aid here would pull, changing their story on what goes wrong on the student's end, and more stunts like that. Not to mention their outright disgusting take on suicidal behaviors! There was a rule where you were not allowed to talk about any suicidal feelings you may have while on campus, and could be outright expelled for speaking of said thoughts! They backpedaled the following year after, but still, do you REALLY want to go to a place like this? I wouldn't.

Welcome to NMU, a college where we expect you to follow our rulebook, yet we won't follow it ourselves! The corruption in this system is so blatant and ridiculous, I still wonder why people come here. Abysmal teachers who don't give a damn about their students, but can get away with it because they're on tenure. You're better off staying far away from this place. Run.

I find it interesting that the more recent reviews are on the more negative side. That says a lot. And they are true. I started going to NMU in 2012; beautiful college! It turned my life around and gave me direction for my life. But then recently (maybe the past 2 years[?]) the politics have went down the drain. Tuition has gone up just to make the university all 'fancy and attractive' to get more students. I believe that the education standards are what should be important. The professors, teachers, and faculty are phenomenal here, they genuinely care about their students. I guarantee you will receive a great education and hands on experience in you degree. But those who are not 'in the field work' so to speak (the ones who don't really interact with students and yet are the ones making the important decisions) are making poor decisions and appearing to be quite greedy sometimes. We don't need new buildings when they are okay, what we need is to pay our teachers. There have been cuts on how many there are, and class sizes are growing to be too big just to save money. There is a commercial on the radio right now that says 'classes are small so teachers get to know your name.' ...How are they suppose to do that when there are 140 (yes, 140!) students in one class alone? Classes themselves have been cut out, making less of a selection of topics to learn in specific fields/degrees; or required classes that one might have to take can only take it certain semesters. That makes it hard if they cannot find a teacher who not will do a Directed Study with them. I don't regret my decision coming here, and I want others to do as well, but it will take a lot of patience to do so when in reality it shouldn't be the case at all.

I would definitely like to go for the best.
So i decided to study in NMU

Top-notch faculty and an consistently-updated facility. One may wish for the administration to be more forthcoming and involved, but they generally did okay.

Cost was low, plenty of scholarship opportunities, on-campus living conditions were better than many.

Thoroughly enjoyed my time here.

Parents keep giving it good votes because they like how it looks. In reality, the university is poorly run. We loose students so they cancel outdoor classes, serve us crappy food, and make poorly thought out construction decisions. Most of us wouldn't drive so far if it wasn't for the outdoors. Also, the university took a political position. I don't care what anyone else's choice is, it's fine, but a public university should stay unbiased. They took a liberal position. This gets rid of a great number of students considering a lot of outdoorsmen are conservatives or libertarians. They send their news letter to alumni that donate and fund most of the university. The news letter is full of propaganda that would support a liberal opinion and that takes away half of their donations right there. Stay unbiased, keep the outdoor classes, and stop serving food that is just reheated leftovers from last week

good job Northern Michigan University and best wished we love you so much keep up the work

SUE CURTIS

Just another debt factory to cripple young people for the rest of their lives.

I Would tell anyone to look for an education elsewhere

I stayed the night in the dorms for a school feild trip. The dorms were clean and set up awesomely. (Aside from a little dust under the dressers) I thought it was an awesome experience and im thinking about going to college here. :)

Beautiful campus. Very friendly staff and students. The buildings are gorgeous and it has a lot to offer. Definitely a gem in the north.

me and my 6th grade class George Crockett Academy we had such a great time

Got my degree from here, good school and great area. I mainly come here because I loved the area and they had my major. The funding for the clubs is lackluster real major downfall.

I went to NMU 06-11 and had the time of my life. it was the best experience I could ever hope for. hopefully my son will be attending in the future too. For future students, don't think about the party life...everywhere does that....look at everything else this northern offers that they don't, certain classes, class sizes, the Superior dome, Lake Superior, cliff diving, the Upper Peninsula, being away from the majority of rude Americans ( being kind is something the U.P. is known for) research activities, the U.P. 200, Greek life, classes taking place in the environment ( not just the classroom) and then, ADD to that all the experiences like meeting people and partying that you get at all the other universities, although as far as partying goes.....in the upper peninsula drinking is a sacrament and a right of passage....that's what NMU is....and much much more....it's an experience that can't be stated in one paragraph, it needs to be experienced. I mean where else can you do what I did and not schedule classes on Fridays so you can go cliff jumping and then hiking. talk about a way to start the weekend.

Beyond impressed with Jared who gave us a tour today! As well as running into the school board who stopped and talked with us for awhile.