Macomb Community College
Public Community College in Warren, MI. Six-year graduation rate 18%. Median 10-year earnings $41,596.
Students who entered Macomb Community College reach a median of $41,596 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 18% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $6,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.14 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 18% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 18% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 32% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The 24:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 14,285 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $2,350 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $-353 at $0–30k versus $10,658 at $110k+. About 53% get grants averaging $8,913, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 10% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,579 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $-353 |
| $30–48k | $-112 |
| $48–75k | $2,521 |
| $75–110k | $8,336 |
| $110k+ | $10,658 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,417 of these 14,285 students, totalling $4,618,328 — an average of $3,259 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Macomb County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)