unitid 185509 · West Windsor, NJ · public 2-year · rural (fringe)
Mercer County Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 8,392
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
5,404
78th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
30%
undergrads on Pell grants
49th pctl among public 2-years
completion
25%
finish within 150% time
14th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$12,545
20th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$5,279
after aid, aided students
25th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,264
after entry, Title IV students
79th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$10,500
53rd pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $4,017 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k47%
- 30-48k24%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $24,661
- First-generation students
- 50%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,310
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 177 | $41,428 | $5,870 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 92 | — | $18,631 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 80 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 44 | — | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 30 | — | — |
| Air Transportation. | 23 | — | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 23 | — | — |
| Computer Programming. | 20 | — | — |
| Funeral Service and Mortuary Science. | 20 | — | — |
| Funeral Service and Mortuary Science. | 20 | — | — |
| Engineering Science. | 19 | — | — |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 18 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.