Mountain Empire Community College Business Programs

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.

Where Is Mountain Empire Community College?

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?

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 $2,050 a year. That adds up to $8,200 over four years for those students.

Mountain Empire Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,253 undergraduate students at MECC, with 1,010 being full-time and 1,243 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,010 full-time undergraduates at MECC, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	958
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Online Learning at Mountain Empire Community College

In 2019-2020, 1,701 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.

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 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of MECC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mountain Empire Community College was 31.1%. This is the #749 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at MECC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at MECC 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 MECC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Accounting and Related Services	#4
Accounting	#226

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%.

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	7	3	0	10
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services	0	7	3	10
Real Estate	1	0	0	1
Other Accounting and Related Services	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	8	10	3	21

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.