by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Southwest Mississippi Community College was awarded 11 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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SMCC was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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If you are worried about getting into Southwest Mississippi Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
At Southwest Mississippi Community College, the student to faculty ratio is 22 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southwest Mississippi Community College is 100%. 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 Southwest Mississippi Community College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,888 undergraduates at SMCC with 1,508 being full-time and 380 being part-time.
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 SMCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
See which majors at Southwest Mississippi Community College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Southwest Mississippi Community College.
Contact details for SMCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1156 College Dr, Summit, MS 39666-0000 |
| Phone: | 601-276-2000 |
| Website: | https://www.smcc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 190 | NA |
| Nursing | 72 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 42 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 30 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 15 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 13 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 12 | NA |
| Ground Transportation | 10 | NA |
| Marketing | 9 | NA |
| Computer Systems Networking | 9 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,058 students took at least one online class at Southwest Mississippi Community College. This is an increase from the 997 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,058 | 306 |
| 2021-2022 | 997 | 289 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,217 | 371 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,035 | 300 |
Learn more about online learning at Southwest Mississippi 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
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