Community colleges

Montgomery College

Rockville, MD Β· Public Β· 13,773 undergrads Β· website β†—

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

Not published

This college doesn't report a transfer rate to the Department of Education. That means unknown β€” not zero. Ask them directly.

Completed after transferring
2%

had finished a degree by year 2

Still enrolled after transferring
12.1%

still progressing at year 2

What it costs

Household incomeAvg net price / year
Under $30,000$6,932
$30,000 – $48,000$7,163
$48,000 – $75,000$8,558
$75,000 – $110,000$10,862
Over $110,000$14,146
All incomes (average)$8,027

Sticker tuition and fees: $5,394 in-state β€” before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Montgomery College's own net price calculator β€” every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator β†—

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)$16,854
Books and supplies$1,260
Other expenses, off campus$14,357

Outcomes

Completion rate
32%

at this college

Students with Pell grants
27%
Earnings @ 10yr
$50,159

after entering

Median debt
$10,415

at graduation

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy
Open admission

Admits any student who applies (fall 2024)

Application fee
$25

undergraduate, 2023–24

Students per faculty member
18 to 1

undergraduates, fall 2024

Faculty who are full-time
31%

fall 2024

What students study

Business15%
Computer Science15%
Health & Nursing9%
Visual & Performing Arts5%
Engineering3%
Education2%
Communications & Media2%
Criminal Justice1%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. β€œNational” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (5)

Field of studyDegrees awarded 2023–24Earnings, 1 yr afterEarnings, 4 yrs afterMedian federal debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities898$38,189$46,072national $44,125$11,000
Business/Commerce, General387$30,965$69,485national $49,927$9,545
Computer and Information Sciences, General291β€”$85,438national $54,246$8,875
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing89$72,400β€”national $80,813$12,538
Design and Applied Arts77β€”$32,319national $38,127β€”

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured β€” not zero. 101 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address
51 Mannakee Street, Rockville, MD 20850
Phone
(240) 567-5000
Institutional accreditor
Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally β€” confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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