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Howard Community College is a public institution situated in Columbia, Maryland. Columbia is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

2,683 Full-Time Undergraduates

$7,155 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is Howard Community College?

Contact details for HCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044-3197
Phone:	443-518-1000
Website:	www.howardcc.edu

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Can I Afford HCC?

$7,155 In-State Tuition

6% Take Out Loans

In a recent term, part-time HCC students paid $265 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $346 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,155	$9,342
Fees	$765	$765
Books and Supplies	$2,808	$2,808

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At HCC, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $5,183 a year. That adds up to $20,732 over four years for those students.

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Howard Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,683 Full-Time Undergraduates

54% Women

59% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There are 9,566 undergraduate students at HCC, with 2,683 being full-time and 6,883 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,683 full-time undergraduates at HCC, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Howard Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	384
Black or African American	685
Hispanic or Latino	325
White	801
International Students	194
Other Races/Ethnicities	294

Over 72 countries are represented at HCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Howard Community College

1,693 Took All Classes Online

4,295 Took At Least One Class Online

In 2022-2023, 4,295 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at HCC has changed over the last few years.

Howard Community College Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	0	29	0	29
Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager	5	18	5	28
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	0	17	0	17
Physical Therapy Assistant	0	12	0	12
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	2	9	0	11
Laboratory Technician	0	10	0	10
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	0	9	0	9
Other Building/Construction Finishing, Management, & Inspection	5	3	0	8
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	0	0	8	8
General Drafting & Design Technology	3	4	0	7
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	0	4	2	6
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology	0	0	2	2
Biomedical Technology	0	2	0	2
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0
Manufacturing Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0
Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	0
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	0	0	0	0
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	15	117	17	149

Howard Community College Trades

In a recent academic period, Howard Community College awarded 345 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	0	12
Allied Health Professions	2	2	59
Building Management & Inspection	5	0	3
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	10
Computer Engineering Technology	0	2	0
Culinary Arts	5	5	18
Dental Support Services	0	0	9
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	3	0	4
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	0	0	2
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	8	0
Total	43	41	261

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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