In the seven days following MCC's commencement the college received 584 media mentions (not including all online and podcast mentions) of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden speaking at MCCs commencement reaching an audience of more than two billion (2,017,863,308) netting twenty-six million ($26,801,734) in potential publicity. The news blanketed the U.S. and was picked up across the globe in places such as Australia, Brazil, Canada and India.

A few select mentions follow:

• Mesa Legend: Jill Biden speaks at Mesa Community College graduation
• KJZZ: Jill Biden tells Mesa Community College graduates not to let others limit them
• The Arizona Republic: Jill Biden calls for free community college while giving keynote speech at MCC graduation
• 12News/NBC: Jill Biden tells Arizona college graduates to tune out people who tell them what they 'can't' do
• ABC15: FLOTUS delivers speech at MCC graduation
• Associated Press: Jill Biden tells Arizona college graduates to tune out people who tell them what they cant do
• Fox10 interviewed class honors speaker Noemi Panza immediately following the ceremony. The segment is not available online.