It is hard to say. The number of four‐year college students is down 20% over the past decade. Graduation rates are improving, but only about half of students at public universities finish in four years.
For community colleges, the results are worse. Just a quarter of community college students complete a degree in two years. Half don’t finish after six years, and likely never will. Michigan had 481,000 students in community college in 2010, a number that has plummeted to 280,000 in the most recent accounting. State funding per student is up significantly, but results are lacking.