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MACOMB COUNTY — For the first time in several years, Macomb Community College students will not see an increase in their tuition for the next academic year.
However, they will have to pay more for student fees.
At its regular monthly meeting March 19, the Macomb Community College Board of Trustees authorized maintaining the previous year’s tuition rates for the upcoming academic year, which is the Fall 2025 through Spring/Summer 2026 school year.
The vote was 5-2, which also included increasing the college’s student service and information technology/facility fees. The college’s third student fee, registration, will remain unchanged.
Board members Roseanne DiMaria, Joan Flynn, Katherine Lorenzo, Shelley Vitale and Vincent Viviano voted in favor of the measure while Frank Cusumano and Kristi Dean voted against it. In a prepared statement, Macomb Community College President James O. Sawyer IV commented on the changes.
“Macomb Community College is a critical bridge to the skills and credentials necessary for good jobs with wages that sustain families and build economic prosperity,” Sawyer said. “With rising inflation, many are having to make hard choices to manage their finances. Macomb is committed to do everything we can to ensure our residents can continue to afford the education and training they need to position themselves and their families for great futures.”
According to school officials, the college’s student service and IT/facility fees have remained the same for more than a decade. However, the needs in areas they help fund have increased and require more ongoing investment and resources, including academic and student support services, and campus and IT security.
The student service fee will increase from $10 to $15 per student per semester. The IT/facility fee will increase from $5 per billable contact hour to $7.50. This will result in an increase of approximately $27.50 per semester for most students. The college’s registration fee will stay at $50.
The tuition rates per billable contact hour for Fall 2025 through Spring/Summer 2026 school year are:
• Resident rates: $113.
• Out-of-district rates: $212.
• Out-of-state/foreign rates: $270.
• Affiliate rates, which are students living in areas not served by a community college district: $146.
• Early college/dual enrollment rates: $108.
Liquor license update
College officials are in the process of obtaining a liquor license at South Campus, located at 14500 12 Mile Road in Warren.
On March 20, the Michigan House of Representatives passed HB 4065. This is the first step in obtaining permission from the Liquor Control Commission to allow alcohol to be served in conference spaces at South Campus. The next step is passage of the bill by the Senate, and then for the college to follow the LCC process for approval.
According to Jeanne M. Nicol, executive director, communications and public relations at Macomb, the bill provides for liquor to be served at events in the college’s conference spaces at South Campus, including in the John Lewis Student Community Center and the Sports & Expo Center. Obtaining the license will not support sales of liquor by the college to generate revenue, and alcohol will not be available for sale at the college’s sporting events.
The college has had a liquor license for many years for conference spaces at Center Campus, located at 44575 Garfield Road in Clinton Township. Macomb’s conference spaces at both campuses are used for college events and also are rented by external organizations.
Presently, serving liquor at South Campus events requires filing for a special license for each event. Obtaining a liquor license will be more convenient and less time consuming.
According to Nicol, examples of the types of events with cocktail receptions held at South Campus will include the Michigan Defense Expo, the court reporters’ annual event, and the North American Council of Automotive Teachers conference.
