Young Harris College Business Programs

Young Harris College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Young Harris, Georgia. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of YHC.

Where Is Young Harris College?

Contact details for YHC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 College Street, Young Harris, GA 30582
Phone:	706-379-3111
Website:	www.yhc.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/YoungHarrisCollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/YH_College

How Do I Get Into YHC?

You can apply to YHC online at: https://discover.yhc.edu/applynow/inquiryform

Admission Requirements for YHC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into YHC?

The acceptance rate at YHC is 65%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 66%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to YHC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 590. Math scores were between 450 and 570.

YHC received ACT scores from 17% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 24. Composite scores were between 17 and 26.

Can I Afford Young Harris 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 YHC, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $6,370 a year. That adds up to $25,480 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at YHC is 3.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Young Harris College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,396 undergraduate students at YHC, with 922 being full-time and 474 being part-time.

There are also 21 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 922 full-time undergraduates at YHC, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Young Harris College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	105
Hispanic or Latino	60
White	626
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	72

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Young Harris College. At this time, 8 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at YHC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Young Harris College

In 2019-2020, 167 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of YHC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Young Harris College was 52.5%. This is the #551 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at YHC 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%.

Young Harris College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	29	29
General Economics	8	8
Accounting	7	7
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	3	3
TOTAL	47	47

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.