Massachusetts Bay Community College
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.3-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.
Of 52 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 47 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing5 · 9.6%
- No Data47 · 90.4%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
New England Commission of Higher Education
Action history · 2
- Nov 2025Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
- Nov 2015Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,099 students received $9.1M in Pell grants, alongside $1.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 571 borrowers who entered repayment, 16 (2.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Massbay
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 4
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Massbay vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Massbay selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMassachusetts Bay Community College | 17% | — | 4,578 | $7,169 | Community College |
| — | — | 2,081 | $14,143 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,028 | $13,696 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,657 | $18,011 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,462 | $15,768 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,342 | $23,154 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 17% | — | 2,369 | $14,956 |
Institutions like Massbay
Explore the federal data for institutions in Massbay's comparison group.
- Community CollegeNew Hampshire
Manchester Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,081Net price$14,143View data - Community CollegeVermont
Community College of Vermont
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,028Net price$13,696View data - Community CollegeNew Hampshire
NHTI-Concord's Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,657Net price$18,011View data - Community CollegeNew Hampshire
Great Bay Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,462Net price$15,768View data - Community CollegeNew Hampshire
Nashua Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,342Net price$23,154View data
Massbay Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Working with the President and College leadership, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness reports data to the state and federal governments, responds to data requests from internal and external audiences, conducts surveys of faculty, staff, and students, and coordinates the College’s accreditation process.
Visit IR office page- Catherine A. GildaeAssociate Dean for Institutional Effectiveness
- Ming JuDirector of Data Administration
- Kate B. StewartAssociate Director of Institutional Research
- Suenita BerubeSenior Research Analyst
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