Measured from Lapeer, the county seat
A certificate in two semesters, a degree in two years or an apprenticeship that pays from week one. Every school a Lapeer County family can choose, with what a resident pays and how far it is from Lapeer.
Community colleges
$146 a billable contact hour
Macomb County residents pay the resident rate. People who live where no community college district reaches pay a lower affiliate rate ($146), which covers most of Livingston and Lapeer counties.
Nearest campus to Lapeer: Center Campus, Clinton Township
Clinton Township and Warren
$220 a contact hour
In-district means you live in the Genesee Intermediate School District. Lapeer County residents pay the out-district rate, including at the Lapeer Extension Center.
Nearest campus to Lapeer: Lapeer Extension Center, Lapeer
Lapeer
$224 a billable contact hour
The college district follows the Oakland Schools boundary, so it reaches a few addresses in Livingston, Lapeer and Washtenaw counties; parts of Novi, Northville, Clarenceville schools and parts of Oakland, Addison, Rose, Holly and Groveland townships are outside it.
Nearest campus to Lapeer: Auburn Hills Campus, Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, Waterford, Farmington Hills, Royal Oak, and Southfield
$121.20 a credit hour
WCCCD serves 32 cities and townships in Wayne County. Dearborn Public Schools residents belong to Henry Ford College's district and the Schoolcraft district covers the Livonia, Garden City, Northville, Plymouth-Canton and Clarenceville school areas.
Nearest campus to Lapeer: Northwest Campus, Detroit
Detroit, Taylor, Van Buren Township, and Harper Woods
$200 a credit hour
The district is the Clarenceville, Garden City, Livonia, Northville and Plymouth-Canton school districts.
Nearest campus to Lapeer: Livonia Campus, Livonia
Livonia
High school
Lapeer County Education and Technology Center
690 N Lake Pleasant Rd., Attica Township, MI 48412
Lapeer County districts
Paid while you learn
UA Local 370
Plumbing, pipefitting
Serving Genesee, Shiawassee and Lapeer counties since 1907.
Flint, MI Apply or ask
Iron Workers Local 25
Ironwork, welding
Local 25 covers almost all of Michigan's Lower Peninsula; its 31,500 square foot training center is in Wixom.
Wixom, MI Apply or ask
Job training in Lapeer County Apprenticeships in Lapeer County All trade schools
Questions
For most residents it is Macomb Community College: $146 a billable contact hour (2026-27), its affiliate rate for places no college district reaches.
Union apprenticeships pay you while you train, and Michigan Works! agencies can pay for approved programs for people who qualify. Michigan Reconnect covers community college tuition for eligible adults 21 and older.
The private schools listed are on Michigan Training Connect, the state's eligible training provider list, so public training money can pay for them.
Sources
Checked October 23, 2026 on each organization's own site. Programs, rates and hours change, so call before you go.
