Hinds Community College

501 E Main St, Raymond, MS 39154

Website: Hinds Community College

Hinds Community College School Description

Hinds Community College, the largest community college in the state of Mississippi, is a comprehensive educational institution serving approximately 17,000 students each year. Hinds has provided quality educational programs that are convenient and affordable since 1917.

The mission of Hinds Community College, is to offer pertinent and diverse educational programs and services for persons with various interests and abilities.

After attending a full day of classes, make room for some fun. You can find fun and excitement on campus. Hinds encourages you to become involved in a variety of curricular and extracurricular organizations. Hinds offers memberships in over 90 groups including Phi Theta Kappa honor society, Hinds Connection hospitality and recruiting group, a precision dance team, Hi-Steppers; Hinds Athletics, Cheerleading, choir and other musical groups, Lendon Players, Afro-American Culture Club, Vocational-Technical Clubs of America (VICA)-and many more.

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Hinds Community College

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Hinds Community College is a community college with its main campus located in Raymond, Mississippi, about five miles west of Jackson, the state capital. The Hinds Community College District includes Hinds County, Claiborne County, part of Copiah County, Rankin County, and Warren County. The college currently provides academic college-level courses for the first two years of four-year degree programs that must be completed at senior colleges or universities. It also provides two-year technical degree programs, post-secondary career (formerly called "vocational") programs, secondary (high-school) career education, and short-term training and continuing education. The college sponsors varsity football, basketball, baseball, golf, track, tennis, and soccer programs for men, and soccer, basketball, tennis, and softball programs for women.

History

The college began as a small agricultural high school in 1917 with 117 students and eight faculty members. In its transformation into a junior college, it began offering college level academic courses in 1922 and was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1926. During the World War II years, a vocational education curriculum was added to the college's offerings, and in the late 1960s, technical degree programs were added.

Branch locations in Jackson and Vicksburg were opened in the 1970s. These branches primarily offered high school vocational education, though some college-level night courses were taught. Utica Junior College, a historically black junior college whose history dates back to 1903, merged with Hinds Junior College in 1982 under Federal court order as part of a class action racial discrimination lawsuit. The Pearl-Rankin Vocational/Career Center was opened in the town of Pearl in 1983, offering high school vocational education and some college-level night courses. This branch later became the Rankin Campus and currently offers academic, technical, and career programs. The Jackson Campus-Nursing/Allied Health Center was opened in Jackson in 1984, offering nursing and other medical and dental programs. This center, together with the existing branch in Jackson, became known as the Jackson Campus. A Resource and Coordinating Unit for Economic Development (RCU) was added in 1988 in Raymond and the Eagle Ridge Conference Center was opened in 1996 under the administration of the RCU. The Vicksburg branch became the Vicksburg Campus in 2002 and now offers college-level programs.

Hinds Junior College changed its name to Hinds Community College in 1987 and 13 of the 14 other Mississippi public two-year colleges also adopted the "community" label. Hinds linked up with other two-year colleges by means of the [[Community College Network]] (CCN) in 1994. This system allows a course to be offered at one college location while students may participate in the course at several other college locations by means of [[video conferencing]]. All of the state public two-year colleges formed the [http://msvcc.blackboard.com Mississippi Virtual Community College] (MVCC) in 1999 to offer courses to students over the Internet.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Southeast
Setting:
Rural Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Very Large (+10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
69%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 3,906
Students Receiving Aid:
98%
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Hinds Community College Degree Programs

Associate Degree Programs

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Certificate Programs

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Hinds Community College Students & Campus Life

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 69%
Part-Time 31%
Race/Ethnicity
African-American 54%
Caucasian 42%
Other 4%
Hispanic 0%
Asian 0%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 84%
Out-of-State 16%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Mississippi 84%
Florida 0%
Illinois 0%
Georgia 0%
Louisiana 0%
Percent of Students International: 0%

Hinds Community College Expenses (Tuition & Fees)

Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 1,700 $ 3,906  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 1,660 $ 3,866  
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 40 $ 40  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 1,070 52%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 238 5%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 785 7%  
Student Loans:
$ 1,367 33%  
Any Aid:
  98%  

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