Holmes Community College Business Programs

Located in Goodman, Mississippi, Holmes Community College is a public institution. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Holmes Community College.

Holmes Community College Rankings

Out of the 15 colleges in Mississippi, Holmes Community College is ranked at #2.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Holmes Community College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#19	Most Popular Online Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Value Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Most Popular Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Holmes Community College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#40	Best Value Colleges for General Business/Commerce	College Factual
#40	Best Value Colleges for General Business/Commerce	College Factual
#212	Best Value Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Holmes Community College?

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

How Do I Get Into Holmes Community College?

You can apply to Holmes Community College online at: https://hccapp.holmescc.edu/ruready_orientation/index.cfm

Since Holmes Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Holmes Community College?

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 19% of students took out student loans averaging $2,559 a year. That adds up to $10,236 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.

Holmes Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,409 undergraduate students at Holmes Community College, with 3,304 being full-time and 2,105 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,304 full-time undergraduates at Holmes Community College, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Holmes Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	32
Black or African American	1,524
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	1,586
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	88

Online Learning at Holmes Community College

In 2019-2020, 3,808 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Holmes Community College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in Mississippi for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Holmes Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Holmes Community College was 18.3%. This is the #983 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Holmes Community College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Holmes Community College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Holmes Community College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Accounting and Business/Management	#11
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	#120
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#129
Marketing	#160
Business Support & Assistant Services	#172
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	#180
General Business/Commerce	#190
General Business/Commerce	#190
Accounting	#379

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Holmes Community College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	116	0	116
General Business Administration and Management	11	8	19
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	8	0	8
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	3	3	6
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	2	2	4
Accounting and Business/Management	0	0	0
TOTAL	140	13	153

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.