NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE B-12

101 Cunningham Blvd.
Booneville, MS 38829
Tel: (662)728-7751
Free: 800-555-2154
Fax: (662)728-1165
E-mail: lgibson@necc.cc.ms.us
Web Site: http://www.nemcc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Mississippi State Board for Community and Junior Colleges. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1948. Setting: 100-acre small town campus. Total enrollment: 3,224. Full-time: 2,777 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 447 students, 63% women, 37% men. Students come from 18 states and territories, 0.4% Native American, 0.4% Hispanic, 18% black, 0.4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 20% 25 or older, 25% live on campus. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: early admission. Required for some: SAT or ACT. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $1500 full-time, $83 per hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $3220 full-time, $179 per hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $104 full-time. College room and board: $2862.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, student patrols, controlled dormitory access. 724 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Eula Dees Library with 29,879 books and 378 serials. 350 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

The city is located in the northeast corner of Mississippi, 100 miles southeast of Memphis, Tennessee. It has a warm and pleasant climate.