Wrestling colleges in Michigan (6)

Michigan's listed programs are concentrated in the southern Lower Peninsula. The 2 Division II programs are both in the Grand Rapids area but wrestle in different conferences: Grand Valley State in Allendale, a public university of about 18,900 undergraduates, competes in the GLVC, and private Davenport competes in the G-MAC. Both belong to the GLIAC for their other sports. The 4 Division III programs — Adrian, Albion, Alma and Olivet — are all small private colleges in the MIAA, spread across the south-central part of the state.

Cost is closer than the public/private split suggests. Federal average net price runs from $14,301 at Albion to $25,368 at Adrian, with Grand Valley State at $16,317 and Davenport at $17,707; the MIAA schools carry high sticker prices (Albion's published cost of attendance is near $70,000) but discount heavily, so compare net price rather than tuition. Admission rates range from about 57% at Alma to 98% at Davenport.

Four programs publish wrestling recruiting forms — Davenport, Grand Valley State, Adrian and Albion — which is the fastest first contact; Alma has none we could find and Olivet's is unknown. Five of the six also field women's wrestling (Davenport, Grand Valley State, Adrian, Albion and Alma). Recent conference finishes and NCAA qualifiers are not published in our data for these programs, so ask each coach about depth at your weight — how to read a roster shows what to look for — and use /compare to line up the four MIAA rooms.