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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
$5,725
-$369 vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
18%
Full-time retention
61%

Pell equity

15.0pp gap
Pell recipients
17%
Non-Pell
32%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 15.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

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

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.

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.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$4,136
$30–48k$4,993
$48–75k$7,873
$75–110k$9,390
$110k+$10,688

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

Avg net price
$5,725
-$369vs Community College median $6,094
Federal loans
8.7%
In-state tuition
$3,600
Out-of-state
$8,220

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 7,845 students received $31.3M in Pell grants, alongside $7.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
7,845
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$31.3M
$31,297,890 total
Direct Loans
$7.1M
2,877 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
2,303 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.5M
574 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.

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.

Distinct CIP programs100
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

2,047 total completions
01Liberal Arts
1,04851.2%
02Health Professions
31515.4%
03Business
28814.1%
04Computer Sciences
1477.2%
05Engineering Tech
934.5%
06Security/Protective
412.0%
07Agriculture
371.8%
08Psychology
281.4%
09Legal Professions
261.3%
10Personal/Culinary
241.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
16,300
12-mo unduplicated
22,963
Undergraduate
22,963
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
42%9,734
Women
58%13,229

Race / ethnicity composition

White
63.0%
Black
15.0%
Asian
6.5%
Hispanic
5.2%
Unknown
4.4%
Two or more
3.7%
Non-resident
1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
100
58 M · 42 W
Women athletes
42.0%
Athletic aid
$155K
Total student aid
Budget
$1.1M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$70K
$85K
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$13K
$12K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 5

Baseball
41 M ·
$172K
Basketball
12 M · 10 W
$212K
Softball
· 17 W
$159K
Volleyball
· 11 W
$60K
Cross Country
5 M · 4 W
$53K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.31
5 offenses · 15,946 students

3-year trend

0.062 yrs ago0.121 yr ago0.31Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
8
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
11
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Fondling
3
Burglary
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

5total
  • On campus4
  • Public property1

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
3
Stalking
3 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

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.

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.

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$5,725Community College
Grand Rapids Community College
12,468$11,153Community College
Lansing Community College
9,821$4,003Community College
Southwestern Michigan College
2,000$6,463Community College
Montcalm Community College
1,751$4,352Community College
John Wood Community College
1,856$6,596Community College
Peer group median18%5,911$6,094

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 $5,725 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.

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