Public · Community college
Alpena Community College
Alpena, Michigan · Remote town
- 6%
- Transfer rate
- $3,320
- Avg net price
- 52%
- Grad / completion
- $36,442
- Median earnings
Alpena Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Alpena, Michigan (remote town setting), enrolling 732 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Alpena, Michigan
Alpena is the only city in and the county seat of Alpena County, Michigan, United States. The Alpena area is home to the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi people. These people groups inhabit the area surrounding the Great Lakes, including Michigan. Alpena is served by a number of institutions that enhance the artistic and cultural character of the city, reflecting its rich heritage in Great Lakes shipping and industry. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote town
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 171 miles to Lansing, MI
- To Great Lakes shore
- 1 mile
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to Alpena County (APN)
How Alpena Community College compares
Higher than 39% · #54 of 96 in Michigan
Higher than 11%
Higher than 54% · #24 of 88 in Michigan
Cheaper than 96% · #8 cheapest of 94 in Michigan
Lower than 65%
Lower than 56%
Larger than 68%
Percentiles compare Alpena Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Michigan.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women34547%
- Men38753%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White86%
- Black2.2%
- Hispanic4.2%
- Asian0.7%
- Other or multiracial6.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 732
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22%
- First-generation students
- 43%
- Students over 25
- 14%
- Median family income
- $25,707
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $88,740
- Endowment
- $11,345,584
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Where students come from
Home state of the 267 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Michigan100%
Most first-years stay in state — Alpena Community College draws overwhelmingly from Michigan.
Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $5,250
- Out-of-state tuition
- $8,010
- Room & board
- $8,815
- Books & supplies
- $1,290
- Total cost of attendance
- $12,246
- Average net price
- $3,320
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 52%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 100%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Transferred to another college
- 6%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,275
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,442
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,024
- Students with federal loans
- 10%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 38%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 64
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 9%
- Housing charge (year)
- $4,600
- Application fee
- Free
- Athletics
- NJCAA Division II
- Varsity athletes
- 85 (48 men · 37 women)
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Varsity sports (5)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.2 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 1
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (1,581 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$2,630/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 40% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,902. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 194 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $36,442
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,024
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 25%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 41%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $16,211 (52%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 77°F
- Winter low
- 13°F
- Annual rain
- 31.9″
- Annual snow
- 59.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Alpena Wwtp, MI US station (1.7 mi from campus).
What Alpena Community College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.






