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Grand Rapids Community College

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Grand Rapids, MI10,960 students
Acceptance Rate
—
open admission
Median SAT
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Net Price After Aid
$9.1k
Sticker $11.8k
Graduation Rate
24%
6-year, full-time

Grand Rapids Community College is a public institution in Grand Rapids, MI and 10,960 students. The average net price after financial aid is $9,059 per year.

About Grand Rapids Community College

A public 4-year urban university in Grand Rapids, MI.

Grand Rapids Community College campus
Campus · Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids Community College is a college in Grand Rapids, MI. It enrolls roughly 10,960 students.

Great LakesUrbanPublic4-yearHumanities
Acceptance Rate
—
Open Admission
Total Enrollment
10,960
Large
Retention
57%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
24%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

What admitted students look like here. Sign in to see how your own profile compares.

Acceptance Rate
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Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
2.82
Average across admitted students

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. A GPA near 2.82 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Grand Rapids Community College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
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ACT
composite, 36 scale
1722
20
average
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max
2.363.38
2.82
average

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Grand Rapids Community College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $11,760
Average net price after aid
$9,059
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$9,228
$30,001 – $48,000
$9,706
$48,001 – $75,000
$12,201
$75,001 – $110,000
$14,418
$110,001 +
$15,347

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
29%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
14%
Avg loan $5,500 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Grand Rapids Community College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
18:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Humanities
44% of degrees awarded
Retention
57%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Grand Rapids Community College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White41%
  • Asian2%
  • Hispanic13%
  • Black7%
  • Two or more races5%
  • International32%

Gender

  • Female56%
  • Male44%
International
44%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
10,960

Outcomes after graduation

What Grand Rapids Community College graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$38.4k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
24%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$38.4k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$5.5k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$9.1k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$38k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 24% graduation rate is below the national average.

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