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Public Community College

Schoolcraft Community
College District

Public Community College in Livonia, MI. Six-year graduation rate 18%. Median 10-year earnings $42,722.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Schoolcraft Community College District · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$42,722
Median debt at grad
$10,500
Mobility score
0.7
% bottom→top quintile
Graduation rate
18.4%
Federal loan default
0%

The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,722 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 18% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,500.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags
  • ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
  • ! Graduation rate 18% — below national average

Academics

Full-time retention
Transfer-out rate
28%
Student:faculty
27:1

Completion is the problem here: 18% graduate within six years. A 28% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 27:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. With 7,596 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$5,782
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
60%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
9%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,626 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $5,782 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($1,083 versus $7,611), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 60% of students at an average of $3,799. Only 9% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.

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.

% receiving grants
71%
Average grant
$5,951

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 528 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 $1,083
$30–48k $991
$48–75k $3,900
$75–110k $5,100
$110k+ $7,611

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 571 of these 6,626 students, totalling $3,211,495 — an average of $5,624 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Wayne County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,009/mo
1 bedroom
$1,122/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,411/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
207
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Schoolcraft Community College District

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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