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East Mississippi Community College

East Mississippi Community College is a Public, 2-4 years school located in Scooba, MS. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $6,740 over its programs in average.
The school has a total enrollment of 3,324 and it offers 20 programs(4 online programs). By program type, it has 1 1-year certificate, 19 2-years certificate, and 77 associate programs.
Last year, a total of 1,060 students completed and earned certificate or associate degree at East Mississippi Community College.
Graduation

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at East Mississippi Community College is $6,740 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.
East Mississippi Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .
59% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,964 (exclude student loans).
EMCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees$6,740
Average Financial Amount$4,964

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

East Mississippi Community College offers 20 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.
Last year, 1,060 students have completed their career programs.
Offered Career Programs at East Mississippi Community College
Award LevelTotal Number of ProgramsAvailable Online ClassNumber of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate1031
2 Years Certificate193268
Total2031,060

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.
  • 31 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
  • 268 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
  • 761 students have earned/completed Associate's program.
Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompletersAverage Earning after graduation
Construction Trades [+] ✕ 31 completers-
Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer✕31-
Total31
1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompletersAverage Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 1 completers-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance✕1-
Personal and Culinary Services [+] ✕ 37 completers-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist✕30-
Barbering/Barber✕6-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts✕1-
Engineering Technology [+] ✕ 12 completers-
Automation Engineer Technology/Technician✕12-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician✕0-
Construction Trades [+] ✕ 34 completers-
Electrician✕34-
Mechanics and Repairers [+] ✕ 32 completers-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology✕12-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician✕9-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician✕11-
Precision Production Trades [+] ✕ 50 completers-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist✕4-
Welding Technology/Welder✕46-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✕ 68 completers-
Health and Medical Administrative Services (other)✕46-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)✕1-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training✕21-
Business [+] ✔ 34 completers-
Accounting✔2-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science✔25-
Hospitality Administration/Management✕0-
Marketing/Marketing Management✔7-
Total268
Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompletersAverage Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+] ✔ (1 completers) 11 completers-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping✕2-
Turf and Turfgrass Management✕8-
Animal Sciences✔1-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+] ✔ (2 completers) 6 completers-
Forestry✔0-
Forest Technology/Technician✕3-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management✔3-
Architecture [+] ✔ (1 completers) 2 completers-
Architecture✔2-
Communication and Journalism [+] ✔ (2 completers) 7 completers-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric✔5-
Journalism✔2-
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 35 completers-
Computer and Information Sciences✕2-
Computer Programming/Programmer✕7-
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration✕6-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications✕11-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance✕9-
Personal and Culinary Services [+] ✕ 28 completers-
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science✕12-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist✕6-
Barbering/Barber✕3-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts✕7-
Education [+] ✔ (2 completers) 31 completers-
Elementary Education and Teaching✔29-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching✔2-
Engineering [+] ✔ (2 completers) 30 completers-
Engineering✔23-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering✔2-
Mechanical Engineering✕5-
Engineering Technology [+] ✕ 14 completers-
Automation Engineer Technology/Technician✕6-
Electromechanical and Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians (other)✕4-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician✕1-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician✕3-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] ✔ (1 completers) 1 completers-
Foreign Languages and Literatures✔1-
Work and Family Studies [+] ✔ (1 completers) 1 completers-
Family Systems✔1-
Legal Studies [+] ✔ (1 completers) 0 completers-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal✔0-
English Language and Literature [+] ✔ (1 completers) 5 completers-
English Language and Literature✔5-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+] ✔ (1 completers) 111 completers-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies✔111-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] ✔ (2 completers) 30 completers-
Biology/Biological Sciences✔28-
Biochemistry✔2-
Mathematics and Statistics [+] ✔ (1 completers) 3 completers-
Mathematics✔3-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+] ✔ (4 completers) 11 completers-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies✔1-
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management✔0-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management✔9-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science✔1-
Physical Sciences [+] ✔ (3 completers) 2 completers-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology✔1-
Chemistry✔0-
Physics✔1-
Psychology [+] ✔ (2 completers) 20 completers-
Psychology✔18-
Educational Psychology✔2-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+] ✔ (1 completers) 13 completers-
Criminal Justice/Police Science✔13-
Human Services [+] ✔ (2 completers) 12 completers-
Social Work✔11-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions (other)✔1-
Social Sciences [+] ✔ (3 completers) 17 completers-
Social Sciences✔12-
Political Science and Government✔3-
Sociology✔2-
Construction Trades [+] ✕ 19 completers-
Electrician✕19-
Mechanics and Repairers [+] ✕ 25 completers-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology✕22-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician✕3-
Precision Production Trades [+] ✕ 21 completers-
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist✕1-
Welding Technology/Welder✕20-
Visual and Performing Arts [+] ✔ (2 completers) 7 completers-
Visual and Performing Arts✔5-
Music✔2-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✔ (6 completers) 200 completers-
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist✔1-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist✔12-
Health and Medical Administrative Services (other)✕27-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)✕1-
Surgical Technology/Technologist✕14-
Athletic Training/Trainer✔20-
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist✔0-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)✔78-
Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician✕6-
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (other)✔2-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse✕39-
Business [+] ✔ (7 completers) 96 completers-
Business/Commerce✔48-
Office Management and Supervision✔5-
Accounting✔13-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science✔13-
Hospitality Administration/Management✔1-
Marketing/Marketing Management✔15-
Marketing (other)✔1-
History [+] ✔ 3 completers-
History✔3-
Total761

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 3,324 students are attending at East Mississippi Community College. There are 94 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 119 part-time faculty teaching for the school.
The students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 (5.56%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 296 (full-time) and 256 (part-time).
The graduation rate of East Mississippi Community College is 40% and transfer-out rate is 18%. The retention rate is 60% at the school.
EMCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population3,324
Graduation Rate40%
Number of Faculty213
Student to Faculty Ratio18 to 1

Student Population at EMCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,277 students enrolled into East Mississippi Community College. By gender, 1,363 male and 1,914 female students are attending the school.
The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for East Mississippi Community College.
Student Population By Gender
East Mississippi Community College
TotalMaleFemale
Total3,2771,3631,914
Full-time2,0909591,131
Part-tme1,187404783
There are 1,473 White (44.95%), 1,463 Black/African American (44.64%), 85 Hispanic (2.59%), 39 Asian (1.19%), and 302 students with other races attending East Mississippi Community College.
Student Population By Race/ethnicity at East Mississippi Community College
TotalMaleFemale
Total3,2771,3631,914
American Indian/Native American361917
Asian391722
Black/African American1,463498965
Hispanic853352
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
White1,473722751
Two More1596
Un-Known16665101
Non-resident Alien000
East Mississippi Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.
1,188 students (36.25% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 911 students (27.80% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for East Mississippi Community College.
Distance Learning Student Population at East Mississippi Community College
Number of Students
Total3,277
Enrolled Online Exclusively1,188
Enrolled Some Online Courses911
Not in Online Courses1,178
By age range, at East Mississippi Community College, 947 students are aged 20 to 24 (28.90% of total students), 1,766 students are aged below 20 (53.89%), 47 students are aged above 50 (2.69%).
Graduate Student Population By Age at East Mississippi Community College
TotalMaleFemale
Total3,2771,3631,914
Under 18581183398
Age 18-191,185577608
Age 20-21620336284
Age 22-24327135192
Age 25-2921664152
Age 30-3413425109
Age 35-39902169
Age 40-49771364
Age 50-6444935
Over 64303

Directory and Accreditation Information

East Mississippi Community College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1949 - Current).
The following list shows the contact and directory information of East Mississippi Community College.
1512 Kemper Street, Scooba, MS
662-476-5000
School Website
Admission Page
Financial Aid Information

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