Henry Ford College
Dearborn, MI · Public · Midsize city · HFC
Public institution in Dearborn, MI · 8,695 undergraduates · $34,795 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 0%Average net price
- Top 1%Cost of attendance
- Top 4%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 6%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
- $5765th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,46082nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $7,040114th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $9,98324th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $14,250280th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $34,7951,792nd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,1001,782nd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 10.6%1,969th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 8,695295th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 22.0:11,972nd smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 45.5%505th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 10 mi (DTW)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCulinary & Personal Services | bachelors | — | — |
| Hospitality Administration/ManagementBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 6 sports
NJCAA Division II · NJCAA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $139,508 (M $101,014 · W $38,494)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Henry Ford College’s 8,695 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In MI
- Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, MI · 8,087 undergrads
- Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, MI · 9,916 undergrads
- Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, MI · 10,751 undergrads
- Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, MI · 6,626 undergrads
- Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, MI · 6,425 undergrads
- Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, MI · 6,004 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, TX · 8,746 undergrads
- University of Puerto Rico-Rio PiedrasSan Juan, PR · 8,748 undergrads
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ · 8,762 undergrads
- South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, SD · 8,798 undergrads
- Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, TX · 8,804 undergrads
- California State University-StanislausTurlock, CA · 8,564 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitehfcc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 170240)
- 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 Ferris State UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Henry Ford College vs Ferris State UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 6 EADA programs at this school
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