School choice in Michigan
No state program pays private school tuition.
What exists in Michigan
| State program | No state program pays private school tuition |
|---|---|
| What families can use instead | No Michigan program pays private school tuition. The state constitution (Article VIII, section 2) bars any state payment, tax credit, deduction or voucher for attending a nonpublic school. |
| Help paying | Nothing at the state level. |
| Coming up | There is no state application. Ask each school about its own financial aid deadlines. |
| Federal tax credit, 2027 | Michigan was not on the IRS opt-in list for the federal scholarship tax credit as of September 14, 2026. |
Worth knowing: SB 320, a 2025 bill for tax-credit scholarship accounts, has not moved since it was sent to committee in May 2025.
We read this on from: Michigan Constitution, Article VIII, section 2; Michigan Education Savings Program, questions (K-12 withdrawals); Michigan Legislature, SB 320 (2025); IRS, participating states for 2027 (as of September 14, 2026); WKAR / MPRN, September 10, 2026, governor waiting for guidance; Michigan Department of Education, nonpublic and home schools. Rules change when the legislature meets, so check the official program site before you count on a number.
Private schools in Michigan
We list 546 private schools in Michigan, with grades, size and affiliation, by city and county.
Browse private schools in Michigan
- Private schools in Waterford (43 nearby)
- Private schools in Byron Center (37 nearby)
- Private schools in Royal Oak (33 nearby)
- Private schools in Southfield (33 nearby)
- Private schools in Grand Rapids (30 nearby)
- Private schools in Hudsonville (29 nearby)
- Private schools in Oak Park (29 nearby)
- Private schools in Bloomfield Hills (26 nearby)
- Private schools in Dearborn (26 nearby)
- Private schools in Redford (26 nearby)
- Private schools in Dearborn Heights (23 nearby)
- Private schools in Troy (23 nearby)
- Private schools in Allen Park (22 nearby)
- Private schools in Milford (22 nearby)
- Private schools in Lake Orion (21 nearby)
- Private schools in West Bloomfield (21 nearby)
- Private schools in Detroit (20 nearby)
- Private schools in Ann Arbor (19 nearby)
Questions parents ask
Does Michigan have school vouchers or an ESA?
No state program pays private school tuition.
What can families in Michigan use instead?
No Michigan program pays private school tuition. The state constitution (Article VIII, section 2) bars any state payment, tax credit, deduction or voucher for attending a nonpublic school.
Will the federal scholarship tax credit help in Michigan?
Michigan was not on the IRS opt-in list for the federal scholarship tax credit as of September 14, 2026.
Other states
- Texas: TEFA
- Arkansas: EFA
- Oklahoma: PCTC
- Tennessee: EFS
- Missouri: MOScholars
- Florida: FES / FTC
- Arizona: ESA
- Iowa: Students First ESA
- Utah: UFA
- West Virginia: Hope
- North Carolina: Opportunity Scholarship
- Indiana: Choice Scholarship
- Ohio: EdChoice
- Alabama: CHOOSE Act
- Louisiana: LA GATOR
- Georgia: Promise Scholarship
- South Carolina: ESTF
- New Hampshire: EFA
- Idaho: PCTC
- Wisconsin: WI Choice
- Maryland: BOOST
- Nevada: Opportunity Scholarship
- Wyoming: Steamboat Legacy ESA
- Kansas: TCLISS
- Montana: SSO tax credit
- South Dakota: Partners in Education
- Rhode Island: RI scholarship tax credit
- Mississippi: ESA
- Maine: Town tuitioning
- Vermont: Town tuitioning
- District of Columbia: OSP
- California: no state program
- Pennsylvania: EITC / OSTC
- New York: no state program
- Illinois: no state program
- New Jersey: no state program
- Virginia: EISTC
- Washington: no state program
- Massachusetts: no state program
- Minnesota: no state program
- Oregon: no state program
- Colorado: no state program
- Kentucky: no state program
- Connecticut: no state program
- Nebraska: no state program
- New Mexico: no state program
- Hawaii: no state program
- Delaware: no state program
- North Dakota: no state program
- Alaska: no state program