Mid Michigan College
Public Community College in Harrison, MI. Six-year graduation rate 28%. Median 10-year earnings $37,319.
Students who entered Mid Michigan College reach a median of $37,319 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 28% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,750.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 28% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 28% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 64% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Transfer-out runs to 27% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 38% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,998 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,803 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $7,338 while those at $110k+ pay $16,238. Grant aid reaches 73% of students at an average of $6,162. About 39% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 262 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 | $7,338 |
| $30–48k | $5,730 |
| $48–75k | $8,664 |
| $75–110k | $11,026 |
| $110k+ | $16,238 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 783 of these 1,998 students, totalling $5,334,308 — an average of $6,813 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clare 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)