Private for-profit · Community college

Carnegie Institute

Troy, Michigan · Small city

0%
Transfer rate: $17,042
Avg net price: 50%
Grad / completion: $38,244
Median earnings

Carnegie Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Troy, Michigan (small city setting), enrolling 93 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 93 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowy

About Troy, Michigan

Troy is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States. The earliest recorded purchases of land in what was known as Troy Township occurred in 1819. A couple of years later, a settlement known as Troy Corners was established due to Johnson Niles buying 160 acres in the region. The area is currently the north-central area of Troy. The Troy Historic Village is a collection of historical museums and structures chronicling Troy's history. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 15 miles to Detroit, MI
To Great Lakes shore: 16 miles
Nearest airport: 25 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) · major hub

How Carnegie Institute compares

Graduation rate50%

Higher than 37% · #56 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention67%

Higher than 37%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$38,244

Higher than 61% · #14 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$17,042

Cheaper than 43% · #46 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$9,336

Lower than 64%

Student–faculty ratio4 : 1

Lower than 98%

Undergraduate enrollment93

Larger than 26%

Percentiles compare Carnegie Institute 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

Women8187%
Men1213%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White68%
Black14%
Hispanic5.4%
Asian8.6%
Other or multiracial4.3%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 93
Student–faculty ratio: 4 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 63%
First-generation students: 54%
Students over 25: 73%
Median family income: $20,808

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $15,645
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $185
Total cost of attendance: $21,852
Average net price: $17,042

Outcomes

Graduated: 50%
First-year retention: 67%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $36,364
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $38,244
Median debt at graduation: $9,336
Students with federal loans: 76%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 56%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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.

< $30k

—

$30–48k

$14,198

$48–75k

$17,921

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$21,852

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.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $38,244
Typical debt at graduation: $9,336
Debt vs. one year's pay: 24%
Out-earn a HS grad: 56%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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.

Women

$36,621

Men

$61,888

Men out-earn women by $25,267 (69%) 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: 82°F
Winter low: 17°F
Annual rain: 33.9″
Annual snow: 36″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Pontiac Wwtp, MI US station (9.8 mi from campus).

What Carnegie Institute graduates study — and earn

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

49 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

49———Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

11 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

11———Health and Medical Administrative Services

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

2———

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.