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Macomb Community College

Warren, Michigan · Midsize city

#3 best value in Michigan#5 for grad earnings in Michigan
32%
Transfer rate
$1,618
Avg net price
18%
Grad / completion
$41,596
Median earnings

Macomb Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Warren, Michigan (midsize city setting), enrolling 13,876 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 13,876 undergradsMidsize cityNJCAA Division IICold winters

About Warren, Michigan

Warren is a city in Macomb County, Michigan, United States. Beebe's Corners, the original settlement in what would become the city of Warren, was founded in 1830 at the corner of Mound Road and Chicago Road; its first resident was Charles Groesbeck. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
13 miles to Detroit, MI
To Great Lakes shore
15 miles
Nearest airport
28 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) · major hub

How Macomb Community College compares

Graduation rate18%

Higher than 3% · #93 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention61%

Higher than 25%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,596

Higher than 75% · #5 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$1,618

Cheaper than 99% · #3 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$6,000

Lower than 95%

Student–faculty ratio24 : 1

Lower than 16%

Undergraduate enrollment13,876

Larger than 98%

Percentiles compare Macomb 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

13,876undergrads
  • Women8,20559%
  • Men5,67141%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White60%
  • Black17%
  • Hispanic6.1%
  • Asian6.3%
  • Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
13,876
Student–faculty ratio
24 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
34%
First-generation students
49%
Students over 25
32%
Median family income
$21,000
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$101,664
Endowment
$36,453,618

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 3,207 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Michigan100%

Most first-years stay in state — Macomb 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
$3,660
Out-of-state tuition
$8,370
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,008
Total cost of attendance
$11,912
Average net price
$1,618

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
18%
First-year retention
61%
Transferred to another college
32%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$33,875
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$41,596
Median debt at graduation
$6,000
Students with federal loans
9%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
44%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
18%
Low-income (Pell)
5%
First-generation
5%

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
137 (72 men · 65 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)

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)42
Baseball39
Basketball23
Softball18
Volleyball15

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

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
5
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (16,300 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.

2.3reported offenses a year
1.7 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
1.3
Burglary
0.7
Rape
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
-$353
$30–48k
-$112
$48–75k
$2,521
$75–110k
$8,336
$110k+
$10,658

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.

3%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,552
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,552. 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 1,348 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)
$41,596
Typical debt at graduation
$6,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
14%
Out-earn a HS grad
47%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.4 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
$36,485
Men
$48,998

Men out-earn women by $12,513 (34%) 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
84°F
Winter low
20°F
Annual rain
29.9″
Annual snow
27.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.83.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Detroit City AP, MI US station (7 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.