Montcalm Community College vs Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC)

Montcalm Community College and Grand Rapids Community College, both esteemed institutions in Michigan, offer diverse educational opportunities to students seeking higher education. Montcalm, with an acceptance rate of 100%, welcomes all applicants, while Grand Rapids maintains a more selective admissions process with an acceptance rate of 88%. Montcalm's student body is predominantly White (73%) and female (58%), while Grand Rapids boasts a more diverse student population, with 49% White, 23% Black, and 15% Hispanic students, and a gender distribution of 53% female and 47% male. Both colleges offer a wide range of programs, with popular majors at Montcalm including Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, and Business, and popular majors at Grand Rapids including Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, and Health Professions and Related Programs. With graduation rates of 22% and 25% respectively, both institutions are committed to student success and

	Grand Rapids Community College	Montcalm Community College
Overview
Location	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Sidney, Michigan
Campus setting	City: Midsize	Rural: Distant
College type	2 year	2 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate	57.0%	51.0%
Common app member	No	No
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	Open Admission	Open Admission
Application fees
SAT range	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	N/A
Students submitting SAT score
Students submitting ACT score
Total number of applicants
Total number of admissions given out
Admitted students who chose to enroll
Yield rate
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	Not required	Not required
High school GPA	N/A	N/A
Recommendation letters	N/A	N/A
High school transcript	N/A	N/A
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	N/A	N/A

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $21,121 Out of state: $24,841	In state: $22,730 Out of state: $26,900
Average net price	$9,168	$6,430
Tuition	In state: $7,410 Out of state: $11,130	In state: $6,540 Out of state: $10,710
Room & board
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Other alternative tuition plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	54.0% Average amount $5,801	75.0% Average amount $5,845
Students receiving federal student loan	16.0% Average amount $3,541	12.0% Average amount $5,984
Students taking out private loans	1.0% Average amount $8,106	0.0% Average amount $0

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	12,642 Men 42.3% Women 57.7%	1,507 Men 33.2% Women 66.8%
Graduate students	N/A	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	N/A	N/A
International students	N/A	0.1%
Campus local/setting	City: Midsize	Rural: Distant
Dormitory capacity	N/A	N/A
First year students are required to live on campus?	N/A	N/A
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	N/A	N/A

Academics
Popular study areas	Liberal Arts Health Professions Business Engineering Technologies Law Enforcement and Firefighting	Liberal Arts Health Professions Automotive Technology Business Agriculture
Students to faculty ratio	18:1	12:1
Institutional accreditation	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	19.7%	16.5%
Dropout rate	36.2%	55.3%
Transferred out	19.4%	14.1%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Criminal Justice and Corrections (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: $51,135 Year 2: $53,358 Year 3: $61,862 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $56,133 Year 2: $54,732 Year 3: $57,616 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $35,723 Year 2: $41,025 Year 3: $44,954 Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: $31,348 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $41,400 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: $41,438 Year 2: $37,671 Year 3: $41,393 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $43,232 Year 2: $39,369 Year 3: $39,841 Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $31,941 Year 3: $36,311 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $33,965 Year 2: $33,779 Year 3: $34,400 Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: $23,727 Year 2: $25,967 Year 3: $32,428 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $24,081 Year 2: $26,933 Year 3: $32,396	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $55,750 Year 2: $56,022 Year 3: $60,339 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $21,589 Year 2: $20,921 Year 3: $25,699 Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $16,169 Year 3: N/A Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: N/A Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $21,508 Year 3: N/A Accounting and Related Services (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $29,141 Year 3: N/A

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