by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Hinds Community College was awarded 427 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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Hinds Community College landed the #1,596 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Hinds Community College held the #1,835 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Hinds Community College also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in Mississippi ranking.
Hinds Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Hinds Community College, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Hinds Community College is 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Hinds Community College this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,181 undergraduates at Hinds Community College with 5,704 being full-time and 5,477 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,361 | $3,608 | $6,373 | $7,947 | $8,260 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Hinds Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Hinds Community College, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $3,846 a year. That adds up to $15,384 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Hinds Community College is 16.7%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Get more details about the location of Hinds Community College.
Contact details for Hinds Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 608 Hinds Boulevard, Raymond, MS 39154 |
| Phone: | 601-857-5261 |
| Website: | www.hindscc.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 4,791 students took at least one online class at Hinds Community College. This is a decrease from the 5,820 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,791 | 2,604 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,820 | 2,645 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,368 | 1,691 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,450 | 1,871 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,837 | 1,578 |
Learn more about online learning at Hinds Community College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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