Meridian Community College

 
 


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  Meridian Community College
910 Hwy 19 N
Meridian, MS 39307-5801
General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
(601) 483-8241 Ext. 668
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Type of institution: Public, 2-year
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate, Associate degree
Carnegie classification: Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium
Number of students: 3,506 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$ ----

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$1,670$1,596$1,596
Out of State$2,960$2,886$2,886
Books and Supplies$1,400$1,400$1,400
On-Campus
Room and board$3,826$3,300$3,300
Other Expenses$2,226$2,050$2,050
Off Campus
Room and board$5,121$4,905$4,905
Other Expenses$3,470$2,960$2,960
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$3,470$2,960$2,960

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 42% $1,681
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 17% $398
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 36% $789
Loans to students 18% $2,033
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Surgical Technology + Technologist
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Surgical Technology + Technologist: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and surgical nurses, to maintain, monitor, and enforce the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperat...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Nurse + Nursing Assistant + Aide and Patient Care Assistant
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Nurse + Nursing Assistant + Aide and Patient Care Assistant: A program that prepares individuals to perform routine nursing-related services to patients in hospitals or long-term care facilities, under the training and supervision of a registered nurse or license...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Machine Tool Technology + Machinist
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Machine Tool Technology + Machinist: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, manufacture, assemble, test, and repair parts, mechanisms, machines, and structures in which materials are cast, formed, shaped, molded, heat...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Licensed Practical + Vocational Nurse Training (LPN, LVN, Cert, Dipl, AAS).
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Licensed Practical + Vocational Nurse Training (LPN, LVN, Cert, Dipl, AAS): A program that prepares individuals to assist in providing general nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse, physician or dentist. Includes instruction in taking patient vi...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair and maintain industrial machinery and equipment such as cranes, pumps, engines and motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, pr...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Carpentry + Carpenter
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Carpentry + Carpenter: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to lay out, cut, fabricate, erect, install, and repair wooden structures and fixtures, using hand and power tools. Includes instruction in technical mathematics, f...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Less-than-2-year certificate Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of busin...

Associate degree
Web Page
Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Web Page, Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design: A program that prepares individuals to apply HTML, XML, Javascript, graphics applications, and other authoring tools to the design, editing, and publishing (launching) of documents, images, graphics, sound, and...

Associate degree
Telecommunications Technology + Technician
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Telecommunications Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills to help design and implement telecommunications systems. Includes instruction in communications protocol, data networking, digital comp...

Associate degree
Security and Protective Services
Other
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Security and Protective Services, Other: Any instructional program in protective services not listed in the Security and Protective Services, General category.

Associate degree
Respiratory Care Therapy + Therapist
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Respiratory Care Therapy + Therapist: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to assist in developing respiratory care plans, administer respiratory care procedures, supervise personnel and equipment operation, maintain records, and consult ...

Associate degree
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology + Technician
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to the production of radio and television programs, and related operations, under the supervision of broadcast and studio managers, director...

Associate degree
Physical Therapist Assistant
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Physical Therapist Assistant: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to implement physical therapy treatment care plans, train patients, conduct treatment interventions, use equipment, and observe and record patient progress. Inc...

Associate degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN).
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN): A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administr...

Associate degree
Medical Radiologic Technology + Science - Radiation Therapist
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Medical Radiologic Technology + Science - Radiation Therapist: A program that prepares individuals to administer prescribed courses of radiation treatment, manage patients undergoing radiation therapy, and maintain pertinent records. Includes instruction in applied anatomy ...

Associate degree
Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for practicing physicians and nurses, health care facilities and services administrators, and other he...

Associate degree
Marketing + Marketing Management
General
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Marketing + Marketing Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of m...

Associate degree
Management Information Systems
General
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Management Information Systems, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to provide and manage data systems and related facilities for processing and retrieving internal business information; select systems and train personnel; and respond to external data requ...

Associate degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other.
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other: Any single instructional program in liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities not listed in the Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, General category.

Associate degree
Hospitality Administration + Management
General
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Hospitality Administration + Management, General: A program that prepares individuals to serve as general managers and directors of hospitality operations on a system-wide basis, including both travel arrangements and promotion and the provision of traveler facilities. Incl...

Associate degree
Health Information + Medical Records Technology + Technician
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Health Information + Medical Records Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of health information administrators and other professionals, to construct medical records and clinical databases, perform manipulations on retrieved data...

Associate degree
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator
General Production
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator, General Production: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, prepare, and execute a variety of commercial and industrial graphic communications jobs. Includes instruction in the o...

Associate degree
Fire Science + Fire-fighting
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Fire Science + Fire-fighting: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of fire fighters. Includes instruction in fire-fighting equipment operation and maintenance, principles of fire science and combustible substances, methods of controlling different types...

Associate degree
Electrical
Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology + Technici
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology + Technici: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of electrical, electronics and communication engineers. Includes instruction in electrical ...

Associate degree
Drafting and Design Technology + Technician
General
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Drafting and Design Technology + Technician, General: A program that prepares individuals to generally apply technical skills to create working drawings and computer simulations for a variety of applications. Includes instruction in specification interpretation, dimensionin...

Associate degree
Dental Hygiene + Hygienist
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Dental Hygiene + Hygienist: A program that prepares individuals to clean teeth and apply preventive materials; provide oral health education and treatment counseling to patients; identify oral pathologies and injuries; and manage dental hygiene practices. Includes instructi...

Associate degree
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications: A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to function as...

Associate degree
Computer Programming + Programmer
General
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Computer Programming + Programmer, General: A program that focuses on the general writing and implementation of generic and customized programs to drive operating systems and that generally prepares individuals to apply the methods and procedures of software design and progr...

Associate degree
Clinical + Medical Laboratory Technician
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Clinical + Medical Laboratory Technician: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of clinical laboratory scientists/medical technologists, to perform routine medical laboratory procedures and tests and to apply preset strategies to record and analyze data....

Associate degree
Child Care Provider + Assistant
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Child Care Provider + Assistant: A program that prepares individuals to be primary providers of home, family, residential, or institutional-based child care services. Includes instruction in child growth and development; nutrition; recreation; planning and supervision of p...

Associate degree
Applied Horticulture + Horticulture Operations
General
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Applied Horticulture + Horticulture Operations, General: A program that focuses on the general production and processing of domesticated plants, shrubs, flowers, foliage, trees, groundcovers, and related plant materials; the management of technical and business operations co...

Associate degree
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Meridian Community College

General Description for:
Meridian Community College Associate degree Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, wor...

 
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