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Mississippi Delta Community College

Moorhead, Mississippi Public 2-year Rural area

Overview

Mississippi Delta Community College is a public two-year institution in Moorhead, Mississippi. The campus sits in a rural area. It enrolled 1,978 students in fall 2024.

Mississippi Delta Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 44 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are General Studies, Registered Nursing, and Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science. It awarded 389 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 55% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,978
Students enrolled
55%
First-year retention
389
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
44
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 44

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Health Professions 10
Business, Management and Marketing 4
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 3
Precision Production 2
Transportation and Materials Moving 2
Education 2
Social Sciences 1
Construction Trades 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Engineering 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 2
Architecture 1
English Language and Literature 1
Engineering Technologies 1
Communication and Journalism 1
History 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Physical Sciences 1
Visual and Performing Arts 3

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
55%
First-year retention, part-time students
10%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
293
Certificates under 1 year
4
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
92

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,978
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,978
Full-time, fall 2024
70%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,395
Full-time, 2024-25
64%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
63%
Men
37%
White
27%
Hispanic or Latino
3%
Black or African American
69%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
30%
Students taking some online courses
37%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Steven J. Jones, PhD
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Dedicated veterans contact

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