Northeast Mississippi Community College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Northeast Mississippi Community College (NEMCC) is a two-year public community college located in the northeastern corner of Mississippi in the United States about 190 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi and 100 miles southeast of Memphis, Tennessee. The school was created in 1948 as Northeast Mississippi Junior College to serve its surrounding counties, including Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and Union. Today the school also enrolls students from the adjacent Tennessee and Alabama states, as well as other states and counties.

The school offers transfer, career, and technical studies in day, evening, weekend, and online formats. In addition to Northeast's Booneville campus, students can take courses at sites in New Albany, Tishomingo, and Corinth.

Student life at NEMCC includes: the student newspaper, the Beacon; intramural athletics; cheerleading; choir; marching band; and over 25 clubs and organizations serving a variety of interests. The school's intercollegiate athletics include football, baseball, golf, tennis, softball, and basketball. Its teams are known as the Tigers.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine, law, and education and teaching.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 3,190 in 2009-2010 (2,976 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 73% of the student body. About 8% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Northeast Mississippi Community College provides on-campus housing for 820 of its 2,976 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Agriculture

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (49 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
• Business Administration and Management
• Fashion Merchandising
• Management Information Systems and Services
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Forest Technology/Technician
• Forestry

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (6 awarded)

• Electrician

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (1 awarded)

• Cooking and Related Culinary Arts

DESIGN (0 awarded)

• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (33 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Art Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (20 awarded)

• Civil Engineering Technology/Technician
• Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (7 awarded)

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (1 awarded)

• Fine Arts and Art Studies

HOSPITALITY (3 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (0 awarded)

• Landscaping and Groundskeeping

LAW (17 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (27 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (48 awarded)

• Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician
• Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
• Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician
• Heating/AC/Ventilation/Refrig Maint Technology/Technician
• Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology

MEDIA (5 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (56 awarded)

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Medical/Clinical Assistant
• Ophthalmic/Optometric Support Svcs and Allied Professions
• Pre-Pharmacy Studies
• Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer
• Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist

MEDICINE (4 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
• Pre-Dentistry Studies
• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
• Pre-Veterinary Studies

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (157 awarded)

• Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (5 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (13 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (2 awarded)

• Photography

PRODUCTION TRADES (17 awarded)

• Machine Tool Technology/Machinist
• Tool and Die Technology/Technician

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (1 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (9 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (14 awarded)

• Communication Disorders
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology
• School Psychology