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Holmes Community College Data & Information Overview

375 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
13% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Holmes Community College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Holmes Community College Ranked?

#1,162 Best Colleges in Nation
#8 Best Colleges in MS
Health/Medical Prep Programs Highest Ranked Major
Value Badge

2024 Rankings

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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Overall Quality

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.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Holmes Community College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

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.

Learn more about Holmes Community College admissions.

Holmes Community College Faculty

17 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Holmes Community College

56% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

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%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  56 out of 100
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100

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Holmes Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,304 Full-Time Undergraduates
50.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
65.8% Percent Women

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.

How Much Does Holmes Community College Cost?

$5,978 Net Price
13% Take Out Loans
$9,548 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Holmes Community College is $5,978. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Holmes Community College

$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.

Student Loan Debt

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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How Much Money Do Holmes Community College Graduates Make?

$29,127 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Holmes Community College make about $29,127 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is about 31% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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See which majors at Holmes Community College make the most money.

Location of Holmes Community College

Mississippi State
3,304 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Located in Goodman, Mississippi, Holmes Community College is a public institution. The rural area surrounding Holmes Community College is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

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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/

Holmes Community College Majors

58 Majors With Completions
1,169 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Holmes Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Holmes Community College

63% Take At Least One Class Online
38% Take All Classes Online

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.

Notes and References

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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