Henry Ford College
⌖ Dearborn, MI · 16 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Uncertain payoff
Payoff needs your actual price
ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.
There is not enough reported information to classify the payoff reliably.
—Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$49,057Observed earnings · year 5
—Maximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Main award level
- Certificates
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Open admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$660Average net price / year
$11,784Cost of attendance
$14,250Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$151/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$49,057Median earnings · year 5 after completion
17.2%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
8,643Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$44,045Year 1
$54,466Year 4
$49,057Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$80,7492Engineering, General · Associate's Degree$76,9793Computer Programming · Associate's Degree$68,0464Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$64,4365Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$64,3096Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications · Associate's Degree$61,9387Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$55,8688Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$52,172Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $64,309 reported+43%vs same-degree national median$24,750federal debt2Computer ProgrammingAssociate's Degree · $68,046 reported+17%vs same-degree national median$15,138federal debt3Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate's Degree · $61,938 reported+13%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree · $47,247 reported+12%vs same-degree national median$19,750federal debt5Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree · $52,172 reported+12%vs same-degree national median$15,200federal debt6Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $55,868 reported+11%vs same-degree national median$12,464federal debt
Comparable colleges in MI
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Warren, MI
Macomb Community College
- Annual net price
- $1,618
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $48,736
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -80%
Washtenaw Community College
- Annual net price
- $3,249
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $47,863
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -85%
West Shore Community College
- Annual net price
- $1,527
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,924
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -95%
Muskegon Community College
- Annual net price
- $4,005
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $50,371
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -73%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $80,749 | $26,613 | Not reported |
| Engineering, General | Associate's Degree | $76,979 | $11,813 | Not reported |
| Computer Programming | Associate's Degree | $68,046 | $15,138 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's Degree | $64,436 | $20,828 | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $64,309 | $24,750 | 1,650 |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | Associate's Degree | $61,938 | Not available | Not reported |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $55,868 | $12,464 | 6 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's Degree | $52,172 | $15,200 | Not reported |
| Business/Commerce, General | Associate's Degree | $49,609 | $32,406 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's Degree | $47,684 | $14,250 | Not reported |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate's Degree | $47,247 | $19,750 | Not reported |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Associate's Degree | $40,696 | $16,767 | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Associate's Degree | $38,566 | $17,365 | Not reported |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $31,371 | $19,144 | 23 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Associate's Degree | $27,504 | $19,075 | Not reported |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | Not available | $17,570 | Not reported |
Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.