by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Mountain Empire Community College was awarded 3 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, MECC is ranked #2,006 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MECC held the #2,012 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
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Mountain Empire 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.
At Mountain Empire Community College, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mountain Empire Community College is 35%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Mountain Empire Community College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,253 undergraduates at MECC with 1,010 being full-time and 1,243 being part-time.
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 MECC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At MECC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,006 a year. That adds up to $12,024 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for MECC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3441 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219 |
| Phone: | 276-523-2400 |
| Website: | www.mecc.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,538 students took at least one online class at Mountain Empire Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,701 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,538 | 790 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,701 | 835 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,307 | 412 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,323 | 490 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,238 | 364 |
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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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