Student Population at MECC

The following chart compares MECC's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Virginia.

MECC has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,370 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Virginia average (6,836 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Mountain Empire Community College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 819 male and 1,297 female students attending MECC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.63 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at MECC.

By age, there are 1,567 students whose age under twenty five and 366 students whose age is over thirty years old at Mountain Empire Community College.

Especially, 757 students are younger than eighteen and 10 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Mountain Empire Community College.

At Mountain Empire Community College, 1,612 students (76.18% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 678 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 628 students live in Virginia where Mountain Empire Community College is located in and 49 students have enrolled from other states.