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Lansing Community College

Lansing, Michigan · Midsize city

25%
Transfer rate
$5,437
Avg net price
25%
Grad / completion
$39,206
Median earnings

Lansing Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Lansing, Michigan (midsize city setting), enrolling 8,207 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

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About Lansing, Michigan

Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan. The first recorded person of European descent to travel through the area that is now Lansing was British fur trader Hugh Heward and his French-Canadian team on April 24, 1790, while canoeing the Grand River. The African American Parade occurs in Lansing's Westside as part of the annual Juneteenth Celebration Each year in August, the Michigan Pride festival includes an LGBT pride parade from Riverfront Park to the capitol. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
Lansing, MI
To Great Lakes shore
73 miles
Nearest airport
3 miles to Capital Region (LAN)

How Lansing Community College compares

Graduation rate25%

Higher than 8% · #84 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention70%

Higher than 44%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,206

Higher than 66% · #10 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$5,437

Cheaper than 89% · #15 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$12,700

Lower than 24%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment8,207

Larger than 95%

Percentiles compare Lansing 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

8,207undergrads
  • Women4,38753%
  • Men3,82047%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White65%
  • Black12%
  • Hispanic11%
  • Asian3.2%
  • Other or multiracial9.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
8,207
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
28%
First-generation students
38%
Students over 25
30%
Median family income
$26,379
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$79,965
Endowment
$19,574,661

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 1,754 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Michigan99%
  • Other U.S. states0.5%

Most first-years stay in state — Lansing 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
$4,100
Out-of-state tuition
$11,300
Room & board
Books & supplies
$400
Total cost of attendance
$13,013
Average net price
$5,437

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
25%
First-year retention
70%
Transferred to another college
25%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,174
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$39,206
Median debt at graduation
$12,700
Students with federal loans
17%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
25%
Low-income (Pell)
11%
First-generation
12%

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
182 (112 men · 70 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)

Baseball55
Track and Field (Outdoor)39
Cross Country29
Basketball27
Softball20
Volleyball12

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

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (9,821 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.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
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
$4,961
$30–48k
$4,202
$48–75k
$6,652
$75–110k
$6,583
$110k+
$11,709

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.

27%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,059
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 27% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,059. 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 984 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)
$39,206
Typical debt at graduation
$12,700
Debt vs. one year's pay
32%
Out-earn a HS grad
46%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.2 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
$34,911
Men
$44,550

Men out-earn women by $9,639 (28%) 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
33.3″
Annual snow
50.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.93.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lansing Capital City AP, MI US station (3.2 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.