Howard Community College Business Programs

Howard Community College is a public institution located in Columbia, Maryland. The location of HCC is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Howard Community College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at HCC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Most Popular Management Information Systems Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#60	Most Popular Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#119	Most Popular Accounting Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Howard Community College?

Contact details for HCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044-3197
Phone:	443-518-1000
Website:	www.howardcc.edu

How Do I Get Into HCC?

You can apply to HCC online at: https://howardcc.elluciancrmrecruit.com/Apply/Account/Login

As long as you submit the requested materials to Howard Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Howard Community College?

Student Loan Debt

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 HCC, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $4,886 a year. That adds up to $19,544 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at HCC is 8.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Howard Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,566 undergraduate students at HCC, with 2,683 being full-time and 6,883 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,683 full-time undergraduates at HCC, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	384
Black or African American	685
Hispanic or Latino	325
White	801
International Students	194
Other Races/Ethnicities	294

Over 72 countries are represented at HCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Howard Community College

In 2019-2020, 7,562 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of HCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Howard Community College was 119.8%. This is the #312 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at HCC regardless of major.

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%.

Howard Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	0	78	78
General Management Information Systems	0	54	54
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	5	24	29
General Business Administration and Management	2	7	9
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	5	1	6
Meeting and Event Planning	5	0	5
Entrepreneurship	0	1	1
Interior Design Management	0	0	0
Other General Merchandising, Sales, and Related Marketing Operations	0	0	0
TOTAL	17	165	182

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.