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Community colleges in Mississippi

There are 15 two-year, predominantly associate-degree-granting community colleges in Mississippi reporting to the U.S. Department of Education. Median published in-state tuition across the state is $4,080 per academic year — among the most affordable postsecondary options anywhere in the country.

This page is a working directory: every institution links to a full profile with cost, enrollment, completion, and transfer numbers. The lists below highlight the most affordable, the largest, and the most transfer-active campuses in Mississippi, drawn from the same Department of Education data four-year admissions offices use to evaluate incoming transfer applicants. If you are weighing a community-college start before continuing to a four-year program, the transfer rate column is the single most useful comparison.

Most affordable in-state tuition in Mississippi

  1. Itawamba Community CollegeFulton$3,420
  2. Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead$3,540
  3. Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville$3,700
  4. Holmes Community CollegeGoodman$3,710
  5. Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia$3,740

Full Mississippi cost ranking → Tuition reference →

Largest community colleges in Mississippi

  1. Hinds Community CollegeRaymond6,397
  2. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston6,353
  3. Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia5,452
  4. Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville4,903
  5. Itawamba Community CollegeFulton4,167

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Strongest transfer outcomes

Share of full-time entrants who transferred to another institution within 150% of program length.

  1. Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville26%
  2. East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba17%
  3. Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead16%
  4. Hinds Community CollegeRaymond16%
  5. Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville16%

Mississippi transfer guide →

All 15 community colleges in Mississippi

InstitutionCityEnrollmentIn-state tuition
Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson1,922$4,000
East Central Community CollegeDecatur1,520$4,160
East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba2,838$4,095
Hinds Community CollegeRaymond6,397$4,250
Holmes Community CollegeGoodman3,958$3,710
Itawamba Community CollegeFulton4,167$3,420
Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville3,535$4,806
Meridian Community CollegeMeridian2,156$4,078
Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead1,413$3,540
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston6,353$4,250
Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville2,698$4,470
Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia5,452$3,740
Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville4,903$3,700
Southeastern Baptist CollegeLaurel93$7,425
Southwest Mississippi Community CollegeSummit1,474$4,080

About community college in Mississippi

Mississippi's 15 community colleges serve as the primary on-ramp into postsecondary education for hundreds of thousands of residents each year. They award associate degrees, occupational certificates, and — through articulation agreements with public and private four-year institutions — transferable general-education credit. For most students, the financial argument is decisive: published in-state tuition averages a small fraction of state-flagship sticker price, and many community-college students qualify for the full federal Pell Grant, eliminating tuition entirely.

If you intend to transfer, the most important question to ask any Mississippi community college is which four-year institutions accept its credit on a course-for-course basis. The state's strongest transfer pipelines tend to feed regional public universities, but well-prepared students from accredited community colleges in Mississippi routinely transfer into selective private institutions as well. Use the transfer-rate column above as a starting filter, then consult the receiving university's transfer admissions office to confirm specific course equivalencies.

Career-focused students should pay attention to the local labor market as much as to the institution. Mississippi's community colleges concentrate heavily in health-care occupations, mechanical and engineering technology, business administration, and skilled-trades programs aligned to regional employers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' state-level wage data is the right reference for setting expectations on starting salary by field. Where this site reports earnings, the figure is median earnings ten years after first enrollment, drawn from the College Scorecard's match against federal tax records.