East Mississippi Community College Overview

East Mississippi Community College is a public institution situated in Scooba, Mississippi. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

What Is East Mississippi Community College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at EMCC is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The associate's degree is the highest award offered at EMCC.
• For the <nil> academic year, 46% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is East Mississippi Community College?

Contact details for EMCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1512 Kemper Street, Scooba, MS 39358-0158
Phone:	662-476-5000
Website:	www.eastms.edu

How Do I Get Into EMCC?

You can apply to EMCC online at: https://www.eastms.edu/admissions/prospective_students.html

Since East Mississippi 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 East Mississippi 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 EMCC, approximately 23% of students took out student loans averaging $3,901 a year. That adds up to $15,604 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at EMCC is 3.1%. 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.

East Mississippi Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,277 undergraduate students at EMCC, with 2,090 being full-time and 1,187 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,090 full-time undergraduates at EMCC, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	975
Hispanic or Latino	57
White	964
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	78

Over 13 countries are represented at EMCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Yemen, and El Salvador.

Online Learning at East Mississippi Community College

In 2020-2021, 2,099 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 6th most popular in Mississippi for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of EMCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at East Mississippi Community College was 4.9%. This is the #1,549 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at EMCC 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%.

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.