Monroe Community College

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#5833 / #1538
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
State community college in Rochester, New York

Monroe Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#1538
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$6,348
Graduation rate
27%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
7,623

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Monroe Community College Featured Rankings

About Monroe Community College

According to Wikipedia, Monroe Community College is a public community college in Monroe County, New York. It is part of the State University of New York. The college has two campuses; the main campus in the town of Brighton, and the Downtown Campus in the City of Rochester. The college also has off-site learning at the Applied Technologies Center, Monroe County Public Safety Training Facility, and offers online classes. , MCC has enrolled more than a half a million students.

Monroe Community College's Online Degrees

AAS in Photography and Television and Video Production
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AAS in Accounting General
  • Required Credits: 60-62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AAS in Office Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 60-62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Sport Management
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in International Business
  • Required Credits: 60-62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Entrepreneurial And Applied Business Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
Certificate in Small Business Management
  • Required Credits: 31-32
  • Completion Time: 1-2 years
AAS in Information And Network Technology
  • Required Credits: 62-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Computer Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Computer Science
  • Required Credits: 62-63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Computer Systems Technology
  • Required Credits: 60-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Information Technology
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
Certificate in Geospatial Information
  • Required Credits: 24-25
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
AAS in Fire Protection Technology
  • Required Credits: 60-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AAS in Criminal Justice
Degree Concentrations
  • Institutional Corrections
  • Required Credits: 60-62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AAS in Police
  • Required Credits: 60-62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Homeland Security
  • Required Credits: 63-63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
Certificate in Private Security Studies
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
AA in Adolescence Education
Degree Concentrations
  • Degree Completion
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Early Childhood Education
Degree Concentrations
  • Degree Completion
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Childhood Education
Degree Concentrations
  • Degree Completion
  • Required Credits: 62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Physical Education And Exercise Science
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
Certificate in Teaching Assistant
Degree Concentrations
  • Adolescence
  • Early Childhood and Childhood
  • Technology
  • Required Credits: 31-33
  • Completion Time: 1-2 years
AA in English
  • Required Credits: 60-62
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AA in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in African-American Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Cinema And Screen Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Gender And Sexuality Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Geography
  • Required Credits: 60-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Global Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Human Services
  • Required Credits: 62-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Communication And Media Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Mathematics
  • Required Credits: 60-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Urban Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AAF in Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor
  • Required Credits: 28
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Health Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Wellness Coaching And Health Management
  • Required Credits: 61
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
Certificate in Dental Assisting
Degree Concentrations
  • Rapid Track
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Completion Time: 1 year or less
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Addictions Counseling
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Chemistry
  • Required Credits: 61-64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Geology
  • Required Credits: 60-63
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Physics
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years
AS in Science
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2-3 years

Monroe Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
57%27%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Monroe Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$6,348
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$1,742
30K - 48K$3,052
48K - 75K$5,729
75K - 110K$8,641
110K+$12,194

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Monroe Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Monroe Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $45,443 a year, and 88% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Monroe Community College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
20,03520,035

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Monroe Community College?

Monroe Community College is located at 1000 E Henrietta Rd, Rochester, NY 14623.

How Safe is Monroe Community College?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, Monroe Community College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Monroe Community College has a violent crime rate of 0.07% and a property crime rate of 0.06%. Rochester has a violent crime rate of 0.69% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 3.53%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Monroe Community College Known For?

Monroe Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Monroe Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Monroe Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Earth Sciences
#1684
World Rank
#1702
Historical Rank
#401
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #401 in the U.S. and #1684 worldwide for influence in Earth Sciences.

earth-science Degrees
Criminal Justice
#1301
World Rank
#1306
Historical Rank
#696
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #696 in the U.S. and #1301 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Computer Science
#4639
World Rank
#4645
Historical Rank
#1061
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1061 in the U.S. and #4639 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Medical
#3881
World Rank
#3883
Historical Rank
#1128
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1128 in the U.S. and #3881 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Chemistry
#4650
World Rank
#4657
Historical Rank
#1133
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1133 in the U.S. and #4650 worldwide for influence in Chemistry.

chemistry Degrees
Education
#4840
World Rank
#4846
Historical Rank
#1153
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1153 in the U.S. and #4840 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Social Work
#3113
World Rank
#3113
Historical Rank
#1286
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1286 in the U.S. and #3113 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Biology
#5412
World Rank
#5433
Historical Rank
#1301
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1301 in the U.S. and #5412 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
Mathematics
#5070
World Rank
#5098
Historical Rank
#1324
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1324 in the U.S. and #5070 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.

math Degrees
Nursing
#3495
World Rank
#3496
Historical Rank
#1380
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1380 in the U.S. and #3495 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Political Science
#6223
World Rank
#6231
Historical Rank
#1471
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1471 in the U.S. and #6223 worldwide for influence in Political Science.

political-science Degrees
Business
#5697
World Rank
#5697
Historical Rank
#1583
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1583 in the U.S. and #5697 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Communications
#5890
World Rank
#5908
Historical Rank
#1586
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1586 in the U.S. and #5890 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees
Engineering
#8231
World Rank
#8236
Historical Rank
#1651
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #1651 in the U.S. and #8231 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Sociology
#6411
World Rank
#6415
Historical Rank
#2169
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #2169 in the U.S. and #6411 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
Literature
#7419
World Rank
#7445
Historical Rank
#2342
USA Rank

Monroe Community College ranks #2342 in the U.S. and #7419 worldwide for influence in Literature.

literature Degrees

Who Are Monroe Community College's Most Influential Alumni?

Monroe Community College's most influential alumni include professors and professionals in the fields of Criminal Justice, Earth Sciences, and Social Work. Here are some of Monroe Community College's most famous alumni:

Lou Gramm
An American rock singer-songwriter.
Travie McCoy
An American rapper and singer.
Jeff Sluman
Jeff Sluman
A Professional golfer.
Tim Redding
Tim Redding
An American professional baseball pitcher.