Student Population at Mountain Empire Community College

2023 Student Population	Men	Women
1,928	718	1,210

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 1,928 students have enrolled in Mountain Empire Community College and all students are attending undergraduate schools.

By gender, 718 male and 1,210 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (5,900 students in average - public Associate's - Public Urban-serving Single Campus).

536 students are enrolled exclusively, and 810 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Mountain Empire Community College has a total of 1,928 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. All 1,928 students are enrolled into undergraduate programs.

By gender, 718 male and 1,210 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Undergraduate
Total	1,928
Men	718
Women	1,210

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,776 White, 33 Black, and 12 Asian students out of a total of 1,928 are attending at Mountain Empire Community College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	12	7	5
Black	33	10	23
Hispanic	41	16	25
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	1,776	654	1,122
Two or more races	38	18	20
Race Unknown	26	12	14

Student Age Distribution

By age, MECC has 720 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 1,456 students under 25 years old, and 472 students over 25 years old out of 1,928 total students.

Student Age Distribution
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	720	441	279
18-19	385	195	190
20-21	202	137	65
22-24	149	95	54
25-29	149	114	35
30-34	104	82	22
35-39	76	53	23
40-49	97	63	34
50-64	43	28	15
Over 65	3	2	1

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Mountain Empire Community College, 536 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 810 students are enrolled in some online courses.

518 students lived in Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 18 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	1,928	536	810
Undergraduate	1,928	536	810

Online Student Population by Locality
	Virginia Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	518	18	0

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,928 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 38 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.97%.23 students have transferred in as full-time status and 15 students transferred in as part-time status.