-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Macomb Community College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.2% → 0.0%).
Michigan · Public · Predominantly associate's
Macomb Community College
Warren, Michigan. 14,285 undergraduate students. 123 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Macomb Community College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+20%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Macomb Community College rose 19% between 2006 and 2009 (11.5% → 13.7%).
-12%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Macomb Community College fell 12% between 2017 and 2020 ($6.8k → $6.0k).
+12%
Public associate's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Macomb Community College are 11% above the public associate's-predominant peer median ($41.6k vs $37.3k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Michigan
Each tile compares this institution to the Michigan median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,596+23% · 6→10y
Michigan median $38,167$33,875
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry16.1%+8% · '97→'09
Michigan median 57.1%$3,500+301% · '97→'20
At program completion14,285-11% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS64.3%-15% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,600+111% · '01→'24
out-of-state $8,220SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
1.1%Median federal debt $3,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,596 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-15%
Macomb Community College · retention fell
72.0% → 61.3%
+111%
Macomb Community College · in-state tuition rose
$1,736 → $3,660
+173%
Macomb Community College · out-of-state tuition rose
$3,069 → $8,370
+301%
Macomb Community College · median debt rose
$1,495 → $6,000
-100%
Macomb Community College · cohort default rate fell
11.3% → 0.0%
+627%
Macomb Community College · pell share rose
2.3% → 33.7%
+21%
Macomb Community College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$34,300 → $41,596
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$74,586Criminal Justice and Corrections.$70,778Accounting and Related Services.$67,314Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$57,600Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$57,285Business/Commerce, General.$54,166Business Administration, Management and Operations.$53,403Marketing.$47,732Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$46,330Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$46,164Design and Applied Arts.$45,307Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$41,226Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$41,029Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians.$40,612Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$38,585Culinary Arts and Related Services.$34,633Culinary Arts and Related Services.$26,273
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$74,586Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$41,029Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$46,164Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$38,585Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$41,226
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Macomb Community College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$222,600
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $7,873
- HS-only baseline · MI
- $36,900
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Michigan
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Macomb Community College graduates earn $X” — not “Macomb Community College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Macomb Community College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.