Mid-South Community College

School Description

Provided by Mid-South Community College

Mid-South Community College is a two-year public institution serving eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee and northern Mississippi. Its founding marked the first local provision of higher education in a county which has lagged decades behind more prosperous areas in educational and economic development.

To address these deficits effectively, College personnel are committed to student learning, customer service, and an entrepreneurial approach to education. Consequently, the College is building a continuum of educational opportunities through alliances with both public schools and other institutions of higher education to increase college-preparedness and to provide local access to baccalaureate and graduate programs and professional training.

Located on Broadway Street in West Memphis, the campus includes approximately 83 acres, with 42 acres on the South Campus and 35.37 acres on the North.

MSCC offers associate degree, technical certificate and certificate of proficiency programs; business and community education courses; and adult education.

Mid-South Community College has emerged from a vocational technical school designed to serve a limited number of students to a comprehensive community college. Credit enrollment has increased from approximately 100 students in the fall of 1993 to 1,584 in the fall of 2006. As of Spring 2007, the College employs more than 100 full-time faculty, staff and administrators.

The centerpiece of the campus is the $12 million Donald W. Reynolds Center for Educational Excellence which was funded primarily through an $8 million grant from the Reynolds Foundation. The 64,000 sq.-foot facility includes state-of-the-art library media and learning centers, an award-winning multimedia conference room, a food service area, a testing room, computer labs, a book store, additional meeting rooms, and office space.

The recently completed Workforce Technology Center adds more than 38,000 square feet of high-tech multimedia classrooms, computer upgrade and repair stations, automotive/manufacturing training area, and Diesel Maintenance Technology work spaces. MSCC has also broken ground on a computer technology building that is expected to be ready for use by January 2008.

The College received state authority to offer its first associate of applied science degree program in 1993 and approval to offer an Associate of Arts in the spring of 1994. Partnerships with four-year institutions include baccalaureate degrees in business, nursing and education and an associate degree in nursing (RN) from Arkansas State University (ASU); and Middle School Education from the University of Central Arkansas (UCA); agriculture from the University of Arkansas; business administration, technical administration, computer science, health services administration, management information systems and public safety management (on-line) from Franklin University.

Graduate programs in education, business, nursing, and library science are available as well through ASU or UCA.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Southeast
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
54%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 2,688
Students Receiving Aid:
87%
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 54%
Part-Time 46%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 50%
African-American 47%
Other 2%
Asian 1%
Hispanic 0%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 98%
Out-of-State 2%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Arkansas 98%
Tennessee 1%
Percent of Students International: 0%
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-District In-State Out-of-State
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 1,296 $ 1,560 $ 2,688
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 1,128 $ 1,392 $ 2,520
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 168 $ 168 $ 168
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 3,178 64%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 1,319 27%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 655 22%  
Any Aid:
  87%  

Degree Programs at Mid-South Community College

Associate's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at Mid-South Community College

Career Education Majors

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