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MCC Facts (Archived 11/16/2021)
Enrollment
Fall 2020 credit..................................................................10,161
2019-20 credit/noncredit..................................................25,413
Female................................................................................59%
Male....................................................................................41%
Minority...............................................................................42%
Under 20 years old............................................................33%
20-24..................................................................................30%
25-29..................................................................................14%
30+......................................................................................23%
Monroe County residents..................................................78%
Average age of MCC students ..........................................21
Number of military veteran and active-duty students in fall 2020.......................318
More than half a million students have attended MCC since fall 1962.
| Fall 2020 Enrollment by Towns in Monroe County | |
| Town | Number |
| Brighton | 354 |
| Chili | 325 |
| Clarkson | 45 |
| East Rochester | 56 |
| Gates | 371 |
| Greece | 1,113 |
| Hamlin | 70 |
| Henrietta | 594 |
| Irondequoit | 595 |
| Mendon | 77 |
| Ogden | 192 |
| Parma | 157 |
| Penfield | 342 |
| Perinton | 372 |
| Pittsford | 177 |
| Riga | 62 |
| Rochester | 2,440 |
| Rush | 31 |
| Sweden | 88 |
| Webster | 499 |
| Wheatland | 51 |
| Out of Monroe County | 2,150 |
Employees
Full-time faculty: 245
Part-time employees and adjunct faculty: 519
Full-time administrative/professional staff: 283
Full-time support staff: 274
Academics
Degree and certificate programs: More than 100
Top Chosen Fields
1. Liberal arts and sciences
2. Health studies
3. Business administration
4. Psychology
5. Criminal justice
Educational Goals*
Students enrolled in transfer programs: 69%
Students enrolled in career programs: 23%
Students not enrolled in a program: 9%
Number of four-year colleges that class of 2019 transferred to: 102
MCC has unique dual-admission agreements with 36 four-year institutions, including many SUNY colleges.
* Percentages don't add up to 100 because of rounding.
Prior Educational Experience*
of new and readmitted students enrolled in fall 2020
No college or university 49%
Some college or university 45%
Associate degree 4%
Bachelor’s degree or higher 2%.
Student Life
Clubs/organizations: More than 50
Residence hall capacity: 772
Intercollegiate sports teams: 11
NJCAA team national championships: 30
NJCAA individual national champions: 33
NJCAA Region III team championships: 230
Student-athletes recognized for GPAs of 3.4 or higher: 33
MCC Corporate College
MCC responds to the needs of the regional and national workforce with innovative learning solutions to help businesses, industries, agencies and individuals maintain a competitive edge. Through MCC Corporate College, courses are delivered as both open-enrollment and custom-training solutions, with credit and noncredit options.
Number of registrations for courses offered through MCC Corporate College in 2019-20: 3,224
Economic & Workforce Development
MCC works with over 200 employers and organizations in the public and private sectors to provide workforce training. Led by its Economic and Workforce Development Center’s efforts, the College uses labor market intelligence to shape its educational and training programs and develop solutions to employers’ current and emerging workforce needs. Reports by the center provide data-driven analyses of local workforce dynamics. Find the reports online at workforceforward.com/reports
MCC Career Coach, a web-based tool, provides up-to-date local employment data and matches local job opportunities with the education and training offered at MCC to help people pursue high-demand careers. https://www.monroecc.edu/go/careercoach
Setting High Benchmarks
MCC is cited among six U.S. community colleges as national models for best practices in workforce development. (The Aspen Institute)
MCC is named one of the 12 most innovative U.S. colleges for adult learners. (Washington Monthly magazine)
Entrepreneurial and Applied Business Studies is among the nation’s top 20 online associate degree programs in entrepreneurship. (BestColleges.com)
Graduates of MCC’s nursing, radiologic technology, surgical technology and dental hygiene programs perform well above state and national averages on certification and licensure exams, achieving pass rates of 100% in 2017-18.*
MCC earned a 2019-20 Innovation of the Year Award for its student-run information center Trib411. (League for Innovation in the Community College)
Faculty and staff have received 138 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards recognizing excellence in teaching, faculty service, professional service, librarianship, classified service, and scholarship and creative activities.
*Latest data available
Finances/Tuition
Budget: $119,015,000
Full-time tuition: $2,353/semester in-state, $4,706 out-of-state*
Per credit hour tuition: $196 in-state, $392 out-of-state*
Student financial aid, excluding loans, disbursed to 8,129 students in 2019-20: $38.8 million
*As of fall 2020
Economic Impact
The average student’s income increases by $4.40 for every dollar the student invests in his/her MCC education.
Students enjoy a 16% average annual rate of return on their MCC educational investment, recovering all costs in 8.5 years.
The MCC-educated workforce adds approximately $737.3 million in income to Monroe County each year.
State and local governments see an average annual rate of return of 14.8% on their support for MCC.
Community Impact
Grants awards that support MCC, students and community initiatives in 2019-20: $25.3 million
Contributions from private philanthropists to the MCC Foundation and transferred to the College in support of programs, facilities and scholarships in 2019-20: over $2.4 million
Since 2006, the MCC Foundation has awarded more than $13.9 million in scholarships, including $1.3 million in 2019-20 alone.
MCC Foundation scholarship recipients in 2019-20: 739
By participating in Education Design Lab’s Single Moms Success Design Challenge, MCC is helping raise completion rates for single mother learners by 30% by 2024. MCC served more than 1,800 student-parents in fall 2020.
MCC strengthens families and communities by developing, cultivating and sustaining clear educational pathways from early childhood through career. Here are several key initiatives through which MCC helps underrepresented and/or at-risk students achieve academic success:
● Be a Healthy Hero Summer Camp (for Grades 1-12)
● College-readiness program in the World of Inquiry School (for Grades 11-12)
● Liberty Partnerships Program (for Grades 7-12)
● Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) (for Grades 9-14)
● Rochester Early College International High School (for Grades 9-12)
● Greece Early College High School (for Grades 9-12)
● Science and Technology Entry Program (for Grades 7-12)
● Upward Bound/Upward Bound Math and Science (for Grades 9-12)
4,419 high school students from 47 schools and BOCES locations took MCC courses for college credit in their home school in 2019-20.
Percentage of 2019 Monroe County public high school graduates enrolled at MCC in fall 2019: 19%