by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College was awarded 26 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.
Explore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is ranked #1,445 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
Out of the 24 colleges in Mississippi, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is ranked at #10.
See all of the rankings for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is 83%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,677 undergraduates at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College with 5,126 being full-time and 3,551 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,427 | $7,328 | $9,766 | $11,979 | $12,691 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $4,867 a year. That adds up to $19,468 over four years for those students.
Get more details about paying for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
See which majors at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
Contact details for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 51 Main Street, Perkinston, MS 39573 |
| Phone: | 866-735-1122 |
| Website: | https://www.mgccc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 280 | NA |
| Industrial Production Technology | 243 | NA |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 185 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 173 | NA |
| General Education | 126 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 123 | NA |
| Ethnic Studies | 121 | NA |
| Nursing | 121 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 118 | NA |
| General Engineering | 107 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 4,386 students took at least one online class at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. This is a decrease from the 4,836 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,386 | 1,739 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,836 | 2,100 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,104 | 2,020 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,303 | 1,205 |
Learn more about online learning at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.