Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Menominee is home to College of Menominee Nation
College of Menominee Nation (219 students on campus) is inside the town. About 3% of Menominee’s residents are enrolled in college, below Wisconsin (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Menominee. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college in Menominee
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Menominee
One private college within 9.4 miles. The nearest public four-year college, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, is 48.5 miles away.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles and the nearest public four-year college. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Menominee’s median household income ($62,108) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid.
What students study in Menominee
Share of bachelor’s and associate degrees by field at College of Menominee Nation, weighted by undergraduates; then the biggest programs.
College Scorecard: degree shares (PCIP; each college’s six largest fields are kept, the rest count as everything else) and the field-of-study file, median earnings 4 years after graduating.
Questions about college in Menominee
Is Menominee a college town?
No. About 3 of every 100 Menominee residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below Wisconsin (6). The largest campus in the town, College of Menominee Nation, has 219 students on campus.
What colleges are in Menominee?
College of Menominee Nation is inside the town. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is 42.4 miles away in Green Bay.
What is the closest community college to Menominee, and what does it cost?
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay, 42.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,960 a year for Wisconsin residents; the federal net price, $9,918, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay cost if we live in Wisconsin?
Tuition and fees are $8,700 a year in-state and $17,288 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $9,144 (under $30,000 income) to $18,975 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Menominee. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →