Alpena Community College
Alpena, MI · Public · Town (remote) · ACC
Public institution in Alpena, MI · 715 undergraduates · $36,442 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%Cost of attendance
- Top 3%Average net price
- Top 4%Median graduate debt
- Top 7%Out-of-state tuition & fees
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $4,06752nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,130162nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $7,800135th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $11,32041st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $9,02477th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,4421,746th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,2751,523rd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 50.2%1,132nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 75.1%958th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 7151,556th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13.0:1979th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 20.8%1,664th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 198 mi (DTW)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 2 of 2 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansEngineering Technology | bachelors | — | — |
| Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansEngineering Technology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 5 sports
NJCAA Division II · NJCAA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $191,880 (M $95,940 · W $95,940)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Alpena Community College’s 715 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In MI
Elsewhere
- Brookline College-PhoenixPhoenix, AZ · 714 undergrads
- Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA · 716 undergrads
- Howard Payne UniversityBrownwood, TX · 716 undergrads
- Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA · 717 undergrads
- Zane State CollegeZanesville, OH · 717 undergrads
- Martin Luther CollegeNew Ulm, MN · 718 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitealpenacc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 168607)
- Compare colleges in MIRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in MichiganEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Grace Christian UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Alpena Community College vs Grace Christian UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 5 EADA programs at this school
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