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Kellogg Community College

Battle Creek, Michigan · Small city

9%
Transfer rate
$4,858
Avg net price
30%
Grad / completion
$38,329
Median earnings

Kellogg Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Battle Creek, Michigan (small city setting), enrolling 2,971 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 2,971 undergradsSmall cityNJCAA Division IICold wintersSnowy

About Battle Creek, Michigan

Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. The first permanent European settlements in Battle Creek Township, after the removal of the Potawatomi to a reservation, began about 1831. Westward migration from New York and New England had increased to Michigan following the completion of the Erie Canal in New York in 1824. The local daily newspapers are The Battle Creek Shopper and the newspaper of record is the Battle Creek Enquirer, owned and operated by Gannett. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Associate
To Great Lakes shore
57 miles
Nearest airport
20 miles to Kalamazoo/Battle Creek (AZO)

How Kellogg Community College compares

Graduation rate30%

Higher than 12% · #77 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention62%

Higher than 27%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$38,329

Higher than 62% · #13 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$4,858

Cheaper than 91% · #13 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$17,000

Lower than 10%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 86%

Undergraduate enrollment2,971

Larger than 86%

Percentiles compare Kellogg 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

2,971undergrads
  • Women1,90664%
  • Men1,06536%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White66%
  • Black12%
  • Hispanic9.5%
  • Asian3.0%
  • Other or multiracial9.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2,971
Student–faculty ratio
9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
25%
First-generation students
48%
Students over 25
37%
Median family income
$23,900
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$88,686
Endowment
$23,228,784

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 610 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Michigan99%
  • Other U.S. states0.7%

Most first-years stay in state — Kellogg 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
$4,118
Out-of-state tuition
$8,282
Room & board
Books & supplies
$2,100
Total cost of attendance
$12,420
Average net price
$4,858

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
30%
First-year retention
62%
Transferred to another college
9%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$34,047
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$38,329
Median debt at graduation
$17,000
Students with federal loans
25%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
23%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
30%
Low-income (Pell)
7%
First-generation
7%

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
No
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
124 (61 men · 63 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 (6)

Baseball30
Basketball30
Soccer20
Cross Country16
Bowling16
Volleyball12

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 5 campuses (4,036 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.

1.0reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Aggravated assault
0.7
Motor vehicle theft
0.3

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.

< $30k
$1,924
$30–48k
$4,010
$48–75k
$5,816
$75–110k
$8,303
$110k+
$11,445

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.

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.

13%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,519
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 13% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,519. 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 226 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)
$38,329
Typical debt at graduation
$17,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
44%
Out-earn a HS grad
46%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.4 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
$34,316
Men
$44,510

Men out-earn women by $10,194 (30%) 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
83°F
Winter low
17°F
Annual rain
31.5″
Annual snow
64.6″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.93.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Battle Creek Kellogg AP, MI US station (4.2 mi from campus).

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.