unitid 175935 · Meridian, MS · public 2-year · town (remote)
Meridian Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 3,665
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
2,156
51st pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
39%
undergrads on Pell grants
78th pctl among public 2-years
completion
34%
finish within 150% time
40th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$14,334
41st pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$6,351
after aid, aided students
37th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$31,002
after entry, Title IV students
7th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$5,521
3rd pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,351 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k66%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k10%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $19,121
- First-generation students
- 42%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,078
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 5.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 218 | $35,352 | $4,989 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 105 | $72,722 | $15,545 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 72 | $37,126 | $12,313 |
| Ground Transportation. | 58 | $39,516 | — |
| Precision Metal Working. | 49 | $46,339 | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 31 | — | — |
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services. | 23 | $20,611 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 21 | $46,119 | $8,625 |
| Marketing. | 19 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 18 | $44,744 | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 18 | $40,124 | — |
| Carpenters. | 13 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.