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Macomb Community College

Warren, Michigan·Public, 2-year·Great Lakes·macomb.edu
6-yr Graduation
18%
—
Total enrollment
16,300
peer median 5,911
Avg net price
$1,618
-$4.9k vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
18%
Full-time retention
61%

Pell equity

2.1pp gap
Pell recipients
17%106 of 633
Non-Pell (all)
19%129 of 675
Subsidized loan, no Pell
32%13 of 41
No Federal Aid
18%116 of 634

Non-Pell students graduate at a 2.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 110 Title IV programs, 12 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 98 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
110
Passing
12
10.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

110programs
  • Passing12 · 10.9%
  • No Data98 · 89.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
2
Safe
9
No data
98

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

12
Human Development Family Studies and Related Services
Associate Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
+1.2%
$33,389 vs $32,989
Design and Applied Arts
Associate Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+12.8%
$37,216 vs $32,989
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+15.1%
$37,984 vs $32,989
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+33.6%
$44,087 vs $32,989
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences
+42.0%
$46,832 vs $32,989
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+51.9%
$50,121 vs $32,989
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+52.8%
$50,409 vs $32,989
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+54.8%
$51,057 vs $32,989

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Human Development Family Studies and Related Services
Associate Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
+1.2%
+$400

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

5
Design and Applied Arts
Associate Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
27%
$10,175 debt · $37,216 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
14%
$5,934 debt · $44,087 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
11%
$5,749 debt · $50,409 earn
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
11%
$6,441 debt · $60,441 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
9%
$6,909 debt · $80,832 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1970Next review Aug 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 7

  1. Aug 2025Removal of Monitoring Status
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  2. Jan 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  3. Aug 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  4. Aug 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  5. Aug 2022Initial Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$0
$30–48k$0
$48–75k$2,521
$75–110k$8,336
$110k+$10,658

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$1,618
-$4,896vs Community College median $6,514
Federal loans
8.9%
In-state tuition
$3,660
Out-of-state
$8,370

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 8,002 students received $32.8M in Pell grants, alongside $7.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
8,002
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$32.8M
$32,772,999 total
Direct Loans
$7.2M
2,912 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

7k
’20
7k
’21
6k
’22
6k
’23
8k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$5.6M
2,312 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.6M
600 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,762 borrowers who entered repayment, 57 (3.2%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
3.2%
+0.9pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,762
Defaulted
57
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
14.1%
2017
11.4%
2018
10.7%
2019
3.2%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Macomb Community College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs99
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

2,155 total completions
01Liberal Arts
1,12852.3%
02Health Professions
30314.1%
03Business
29813.8%
04Computer Sciences
1195.5%
05Engineering Tech
1155.3%
06Mechanic
552.6%
07Security/Protective
472.2%
08Psychology
311.4%
09Personal/Culinary
311.4%
10Agriculture
281.3%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
16,300
12-mo unduplicated
23,619
Undergraduate
23,619
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
43%10,130
Women
57%13,489

Race / ethnicity composition

White
60.3%
Black
16.8%
Asian
6.3%
Hispanic
6.1%
Unknown
4.2%
Two or more
3.8%
Non-resident
1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
111
58 M · 53 W
Women athletes
47.7%
Athletic aid
$92K
Total student aid
Budget
$1.1M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$33K
$59K
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$14K
$10K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 5

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
24 M · 18 W
$54K
Baseball
39 M · —
$140K
Basketball
9 M · 14 W
$145K
Softball
— · 18 W
$106K
Volleyball
— · 15 W
$55K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.06
1 offenses · 15,983 students

3-year trend

0.122 yrs ago0.311 yr ago0.06Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
8
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
18
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Fondling
1

By location

1total
  • On campus1

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
8
Stalking
8 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons01
Drugs02
Liquor01

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
24.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
187

Macomb Community College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Macomb Community College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectMacomb Community College
18%—16,300$1,618Community College
Grand Rapids Community College
——12,468$8,621Community College
Lansing Community College
——9,821$5,437Community College
Southwestern Michigan College
——2,000$5,978Community College
Montcalm Community College
——1,751$7,280Community College
John Wood Community College
——1,856$7,050Community College
Peer group median18%—5,911$6,514

Institutions like Macomb Community College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Macomb Community College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Macomb Community College Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Team
1 member
  • Deirdre Syms
    Director, Institutional Research and IRB Chair

Frequently asked questions about Macomb Community College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Macomb Community College.

What is the graduation rate at Macomb Community College?

Macomb Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 18% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Macomb Community College?

Macomb Community College reports a total enrollment of 16,300 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Macomb Community College?

The average net price at Macomb Community College is $1,618 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Macomb Community College located?

Macomb Community College is located in Warren, Michigan 48088-3896.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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