Private for-profit · Community college

Ross College-Grand Rapids North

Grand Rapids, Michigan · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $20,033
Avg net price: 57%
Grad / completion: $30,072
Median earnings

Ross College-Grand Rapids North is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Grand Rapids, Michigan (large suburb setting), enrolling 387 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 387 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. After the French established territories in Michigan, Jesuit missionaries and traders traveled down Lake Michigan and its tributaries. In 1969, Alexander Calder's abstract sculpture, La Grande Vitesse, which translates from French as "the great swiftness" or more loosely as "grand rapids," was installed downtown on Vandenberg Plaza, the redesigned setting of Grand Rapids City Hall. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 5 miles to Grand Rapids, MI
To Great Lakes shore: 30 miles
Nearest airport: 11 miles to Gerald R. Ford (GRR) · major hub

How Ross College-Grand Rapids North compares

Graduation rate57%

Higher than 45% · #51 of 96 in Michigan

First-year retention45%

Higher than 8%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,072

Higher than 32% · #37 of 88 in Michigan

Average net price$20,033

Cheaper than 32% · #70 cheapest of 94 in Michigan

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio43 : 1

Lower than 1%

Undergraduate enrollment387

Larger than 58%

Percentiles compare Ross College-Grand Rapids North 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

Women36695%
Men215%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White25%
Black49%
Hispanic11%
Other or multiracial15%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 387
Student–faculty ratio: 43 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 61%
First-generation students: 57%
Students over 25: 57%
Median family income: $16,513
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $37,017

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

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $20,033

Outcomes

Graduated: 57%
First-year retention: 45%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $27,583
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $30,072
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 56%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 28%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

57%

Low-income (Pell)

73%

First-generation

74%

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

Campus safety

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

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

$19,911

$30–48k

$20,414

$48–75k

$20,937

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$24,414

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$426

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 6% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $426. 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 199 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): $30,072
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 32%
Out-earn a HS grad: 32%

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

$29,942

Men

$30,384

Men out-earn women by $442 (1%) 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: 39.6″
Annual snow: 74.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, E Grand Rapids, MI US station (6.2 mi from campus).

What Ross College-Grand Rapids North graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

142 grads$26k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$10k debt

142$25,879$29,379$9,500 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

55 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

55———Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

7 grads$25k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$10k debt

7$25,352$29,967$9,500 Health and Medical Administrative Services

— grads$28k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$10k debt

—$28,495$30,171$9,500

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.