by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Holmes Community College was awarded 375 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health/medical prep programs.
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Holmes Community College landed the #1,162 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 Holmes Community College held the #1,297 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Holmes Community College also holds the #8 spot on the Best Colleges in Mississippi ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Holmes Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, Holmes Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Holmes Community College is 100%. 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 Holmes Community College this rate is 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,409 undergraduates at Holmes Community College with 3,304 being full-time and 2,105 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,411 | $5,742 | $7,601 | $9,110 | $10,238 |
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 Holmes Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Holmes Community College, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $2,387 a year. That adds up to $9,548 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Holmes Community College is 13.0%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Holmes Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | #1 Hill St, Goodman, MS 39079 |
| Phone: | 662-472-2312 |
| Website: | www.holmescc.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 3,065 students took at least one online class at Holmes Community College. This is a decrease from the 3,808 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,065 | 1,840 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,808 | 2,499 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,905 | 1,666 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,891 | 1,514 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,731 | 1,373 |
Learn more about online learning at Holmes 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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