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Community colleges in Michigan

There are 25 two-year, predominantly associate-degree-granting community colleges in Michigan reporting to the U.S. Department of Education. Median published in-state tuition across the state is $4,800 per academic year — among the most affordable postsecondary options anywhere in the country.

This page is a working directory: every institution links to a full profile with cost, enrollment, completion, and transfer numbers. The lists below highlight the most affordable, the largest, and the most transfer-active campuses in Michigan, drawn from the same Department of Education data four-year admissions offices use to evaluate incoming transfer applicants. If you are weighing a community-college start before continuing to a four-year program, the transfer rate column is the single most useful comparison.

Most affordable in-state tuition in Michigan

  1. Saginaw Chippewa Tribal CollegeMount Pleasant$2,730
  2. Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills$3,020
  3. Macomb Community CollegeWarren$3,660
  4. Lansing Community CollegeLansing$4,100
  5. Kellogg Community CollegeBattle Creek$4,118

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Largest community colleges in Michigan

  1. Macomb Community CollegeWarren13,876
  2. Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills12,748
  3. Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids10,698
  4. Lansing Community CollegeLansing8,207
  5. Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia7,511

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Strongest transfer outcomes

Share of full-time entrants who transferred to another institution within 150% of program length.

  1. Gogebic Community CollegeIronwood32%
  2. Macomb Community CollegeWarren32%
  3. West Shore Community CollegeScottville29%
  4. Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison27%
  5. Lansing Community CollegeLansing25%

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All 25 community colleges in Michigan

InstitutionCityEnrollmentIn-state tuition
Alpena Community CollegeAlpena732$5,250
Bay de Noc Community CollegeEscanaba1,223$5,712
Delta CollegeUniversity Center6,573$4,820
Glen Oaks Community CollegeCentreville600$4,176
Gogebic Community CollegeIronwood511$4,800
Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids10,698$4,179
Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo4,997$4,144
Kellogg Community CollegeBattle Creek2,971$4,118
Kirtland Community CollegeGrayling1,023$5,190
Lake Michigan CollegeBenton Harbor2,105$5,445
Lansing Community CollegeLansing8,207$4,100
Macomb Community CollegeWarren13,876$3,660
Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison2,098$6,132
Monroe County Community CollegeMonroe1,435$4,759
Montcalm Community CollegeSidney1,122$4,662
Mott Community CollegeFlint5,251$6,845
Muskegon Community CollegeMuskegon2,760$7,250
North Central Michigan CollegePetoskey942$5,430
Northwestern Michigan CollegeTraverse City2,813$5,860
Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills12,748$3,020
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal CollegeMount Pleasant164$2,730
Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia7,511$4,736
Southwestern Michigan CollegeDowagiac1,431$6,417
St Clair County Community CollegePort Huron2,138$5,212
West Shore Community CollegeScottville782$4,470

About community college in Michigan

Michigan's 25 community colleges serve as the primary on-ramp into postsecondary education for hundreds of thousands of residents each year. They award associate degrees, occupational certificates, and — through articulation agreements with public and private four-year institutions — transferable general-education credit. For most students, the financial argument is decisive: published in-state tuition averages a small fraction of state-flagship sticker price, and many community-college students qualify for the full federal Pell Grant, eliminating tuition entirely.

If you intend to transfer, the most important question to ask any Michigan community college is which four-year institutions accept its credit on a course-for-course basis. The state's strongest transfer pipelines tend to feed regional public universities, but well-prepared students from accredited community colleges in Michigan routinely transfer into selective private institutions as well. Use the transfer-rate column above as a starting filter, then consult the receiving university's transfer admissions office to confirm specific course equivalencies.

Career-focused students should pay attention to the local labor market as much as to the institution. Michigan's community colleges concentrate heavily in health-care occupations, mechanical and engineering technology, business administration, and skilled-trades programs aligned to regional employers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' state-level wage data is the right reference for setting expectations on starting salary by field. Where this site reports earnings, the figure is median earnings ten years after first enrollment, drawn from the College Scorecard's match against federal tax records.