Career Programs at Mercer County CC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Mercer County Community College is $8,556 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.

Mercer County Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

38% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,360 (exclude student loans).

Mercer County CC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$8,556
Average Financial Amount	$4,360

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Mercer County Community College offers 38 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, 851 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Mercer County Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	14	67
2 Years Certificate	24	0
Total	38	851

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

67 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
784 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Ornamental Horticulture	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	✕	33	-
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	✕	0	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	0	-
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	$22,900
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	18	-
Business [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Auditing	✕	1	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	1	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✕	2	-
	Total	67

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Ornamental Horticulture	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	0	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	✕	0	-
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	✕	0	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	0	-
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Engineering Science	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Solar Energy Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	0	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	0	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	✕	0	-
Tourism and Travel Services Management	✕	0	-
Management Information Systems	✕	0	-
Management Information Systems and Services (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Ornamental Horticulture	✕	2	-
Plant Sciences	✕	3	-
Architecture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Architecture and Related Services (other)	✕	4	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant	✕	5	-
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	0	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	23	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	9	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	✕	18	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Engineering Science	✕	16	-
Manufacturing Engineering	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Civil Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	11	-
Telecommunications Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	0	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	8	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	232 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	232	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	7	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	61 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	59	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Security System Installation, Repair, and Inspection Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew	✕	13	-
Aviation/Airway Management and Operations	✕	0	-
Airline Flight Attendant	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	45 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	19	-
Design and Visual Communications	✕	0	-
Commercial and Advertising Art	✕	19	-
Fashion/Apparel Design	✕	0	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	166 completers	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	17	-
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist	✕	18	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	22	-
Public Health	✕	6	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	95	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✕	138 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	33	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	93	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	1	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	✕	7	-
Fashion Merchandising	✕	3	-
	Total	784

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 5,821 students are attending at Mercer County Community College. There are 101 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 303 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 16 to 1 (6.25%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 344 (full-time) and 480 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Mercer County Community College is 21% and transfer-out rate is 18%. The retention rate is 63% at the school.

Mercer County CC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	5,821
Graduation Rate	21%
Number of Faculty	404
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

Student Population at Mercer County CC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 6,205 students enrolled into Mercer County Community College. By gender, 2,728 male and 3,477 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Mercer County Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Mercer County Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,205	2,728	3,477
Full-time	1,866	977	889
Part-tme	4,339	1,751	2,588

There are 2,144 White (34.55%), 1,262 Black/African American (20.34%), 1,401 Hispanic (22.58%), 466 Asian (7.51%), and 2,325 students with other races attending Mercer County Community College. 311 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Mercer County Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,205	2,728	3,477
American Indian/Native American	14	8	6
Asian	466	222	244
Black/African American	1,262	484	778
Hispanic	1,401	561	840
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	2	6
White	2,144	1,041	1,103
Two More	205	89	116
Un-Known	394	182	212
Non-resident Alien	311	139	172

Mercer County Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

1,383 students (22.29% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,365 students (38.11% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Mercer County Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Mercer County Community College
	Number of Students
Total	6,205
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,383
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,365
Not in Online Courses	2,457

By age range, at Mercer County Community College, 2,245 students are aged 20 to 24 (36.18% of total students), 1,909 students are aged below 20 (30.77%), 186 students are aged above 50 (4.71%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Mercer County Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,205	2,728	3,477
Under 18	372	158	214
Age 18-19	1,537	774	763
Age 20-21	1,331	698	633
Age 22-24	914	419	495
Age 25-29	790	318	472
Age 30-34	482	153	329
Age 35-39	278	86	192
Age 40-49	315	71	244
Age 50-64	146	39	107
Over 64	40	12	28

Directory and Accreditation Information

Mercer County Community College is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1967 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Mercer County Community College.

1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor, NJ

609-586-4800

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

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