GRCC Fast Facts

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2025 Fast Facts

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• Learning First at GRCC
• Credit Student Fast Facts
• Enrollment and Tuition Fast Facts
• Faculty/Staff Fast Facts
• GRCC College Board of Trustees

GRCC Vision

GRCC provides relevant educational opportunities that are responsive to the needs of the community and inspire students to meet economic, social and environmental challenges to become active participants in shaping the world of the future.

GRCC Mission

GRCC is an open access college that prepares individuals to attain their goals and contribute to the community.

GRCC Values

• Excellence
• Diversity
• Responsiveness
• Innovation
• Accountability
• Sustainability
• Respect
• Integrity

Programs

GRCC is proud to provide a wide range of programs to meet the needs of students and the community including:

• Associate degree and certificate programs, career programs and transfer programs
• Workforce training, job training, apprenticeship, customized business and corporate training and ESL classes

Highlights

GRCC’s Water to Work program received the Exemplary Credit Program Award from the National Council for Workforce Education, a prestigious recognition honoring innovative workforce development programs.

The Adult Education program in partnership with Kent ISD was honored with the 2025 Michigan Adult Education Program Partnership of the Year.

GRCC received a National Science Foundation Grant to enhance GRCC’s Artificial Intelligence program.

The GRCC Marketing and Communications team received seven Medallion awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR). 

GRCC celebrated the five-year anniversary of its partnership with the Grand Rapids Promise Zone and its new collaborations with Ferris State University and Grand Valley State University. 

GRCC offered new academic programs based on growing industries and student transfer intentions. Notable new programs include:

• Artificial Intelligence, A.A.A.S.
• Cloud Computing
• Data Science, A.A.A.S.

Notable new transfer programs include:

• Pre-Early Childhood General and Special Education & Lower Elementary Education: Birth through Grade 3, A.A. (WMU)
• Pre-Environmental and Sustainability Studies, A.A. (GVSU)
• Pre-Optometry, A.A. (Ferris State University)

Learning First at GRCC

• GRCC offers the first two years of a university-level education with a community college philosophy.
• Over 94% of GRCC faculty hold a Master’s Degree or Ph.D. and are committed to excellence in teaching. They also bring scholarly and real-world experience to the classroom in order to best prepare students for further education and for careers.
• Learning opportunities are offered in flexible formats including in-person, hybrid, online and virtual courses.
• GRCC is committed to the individual student’s experience and provides a wide range of student support services such as tutoring, academic advising and counseling services all free of charge.
• Classes are offered at the campuses in downtown Grand Rapids, on the Lakeshore in Holland and online.
• GRCC has six middle college partners and seven concurrent enrollment locations.
• In an effort to provide seamless educational pathways for students, GRCC maintains partnerships with regional high schools and technical centers, articulated program agreements with four-year partners, and reverse transfer agreements with local universities.
• As an open access institution, GRCC provides learning opportunities to students at all levels of preparation, from classes and support that help students become college-ready to our honors program for high achieving students to challenge them for even greater success.
• Grand Rapids Community College currently offers twelve academic pathways, with a variety of programs within each academic pathway. The twelve GRCC Academic Pathways are:
  • Art, Architecture and Mechanical Design
  • Business
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Brewing
  • Education and Child Development
  • Health and Exercise Sciences
  • Humanities, English, Language and Communication Studies
  • Manufacturing and Applied Technology
  • Math, Science and Engineering
  • Music and Theater
  • Public Service
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
• GRCC has been continuously accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 1917. In addition, several GRCC programs hold specialized program level accreditations.

Credit Student Fast Facts

2024-2025* Degrees Awarded

* Includes summer 2024, fall 2024 and winter 2025.

2024-25 Non-Credit Students

• 5,885 unique students served
• 10,428 Workforce Training/CEPD
• 800 Customized Training
• 187 Job Training
• 924 Construction Electrical Apprenticeship

Fall 2024 Student Residence

• 8,722 (70%) students enrolled in fall 2024 were resident students (Kent County/KISD).
• 3,491 (28%) students enrolled in fall 2024 were non-resident students (other Michigan county).
• 197 (2%) students enrolled in fall 2024 were from outside of Michigan.

2023-24 Transfer Students

During the 2023-2024 year 2,684 students who were enrolled at GRCC transferred to (enrolled at) another college or university. Listed below are the top 10 colleges and universities in Michigan that GRCC students transferred to during the 2024-2025 year.

• Grand Valley State University 22.8% (612 students)
• Ferris State University 9.2% (246 students)
• Davenport University 6.8% (183 students)
• Michigan State University 5.8% (157 students)
• Western Michigan University 3.7% (98 students)
• University of Michigan 3.0% (80 students)
• Baker College 1.7% (45 students)
• Northern Michigan University 1.3% (34 students)
• Michigan Technological University 0.9% (23 students)
• University of Michigan-Flint 0.6% (16 students)

Source: Michigan's Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI), MISchoolData

Age and Sex

• Average age: 24
• Percentage of students 25 and older: 30%

Fall 2024 Race/Ethnicity

• 1%-American Indian or Alaskan Native
• 4%-Asian
• 10%-Black or African American
• 20%-Hispanic/Latino/Latina
• 58%-White or Caucasian
• 4%-Two or more races
• 3%-Not specified

Enrollment and Tuition Fast Facts

Fall 2024 Enrollment

12,410 students were enrolled at GRCC in fall 2024

• 3,665 (30%) students enrolled in fall 2024 were enrolled full time (12 or more credits)
• 8,655 (70%) students enrolled in fall 2024 were enrolled part time (less than 12 credits)

Fall 2024 Faculty/Staff