Hudson County Community College Overview

Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson County Community College is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Jersey City makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Hudson County Community College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at HCCC is 4%, 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 HCCC.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Hudson County Community College?

Contact details for HCCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	70 Sip Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Phone:	201-714-7100
Website:	www.hccc.edu

How Do I Get Into HCCC?

You can apply to HCCC online at: www.hccc.edu/apply

Since Hudson County 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 Hudson County Community 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 HCCC, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,673 a year. That adds up to $18,692 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at HCCC is 4.1%. 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.

Hudson County Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,776 undergraduate students at HCCC, with 3,420 being full-time and 3,356 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,420 full-time undergraduates at HCCC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	234
Black or African American	407
Hispanic or Latino	1,961
White	446
International Students	47
Other Races/Ethnicities	325

Over 30 countries are represented at HCCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Venezuela, India, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Hudson County Community College

In 2020-2021, 4,797 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of HCCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Hudson County Community College was 4,896.3%. This is the #32 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at HCCC 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.