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Located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, Mountain Empire Community College is a public institution. Big Stone Gap is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

69 Undergraduate Degrees

Where Is Mountain Empire Community College?

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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

How Do I Get Into MECC?

You can apply to MECC online at: https://apply.vccs.edu/applications/VCCS/apply.html?application_id=4088

Mountain Empire Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Mountain Empire Community College?

1% Take Out Loans

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 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.

Mountain Empire Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

899 Full-Time Undergraduates
62% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,079 undergraduate students at MECC, with 899 being full-time and 1,180 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 899 full-time undergraduates at MECC, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3
Black or African American 13
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 828
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 43

Online Learning at Mountain Empire Community College

536 Took All Classes Online
1,346 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 1,346 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 34th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of MECC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Interior Design Management 82%
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services 9%

Mountain Empire Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Interior Design Management 41 16 0 57
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services 0 9 2 11
Real Estate 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 42 25 2 69

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.

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