Howard Community College Overview

Located in Columbia, Maryland, Howard Community College is a public institution. Columbia is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Howard Community College Known For?

• Students at HCC have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 2%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The associate's degree is the highest award offered at HCC.
• For the <nil> academic year, 30% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from HCC makes roughly $45,973 a year. This is 13% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

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

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 HCC, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $4,592 a year. That adds up to $18,368 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at HCC is 2.0%. 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.

Howard Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,080 undergraduate students at HCC, with 2,377 being full-time and 5,703 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,377 full-time undergraduates at HCC, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	334
Black or African American	639
Hispanic or Latino	304
White	652
International Students	171
Other Races/Ethnicities	277

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 2020-2021, 4,878 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 #376 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%.

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.