Montgomery County Community College Trade Programs

Located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County Community College is a public institution. Blue Bell is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Montgomery County Community College?

Contact details for Montco are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422-0796
Phone:	215-641-6300
Website:	www.mc3.edu

Can I Afford Montco?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Montco students paid $344 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $513 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,880	$13,320
Fees	$1,770	$2,070
Books and Supplies	$1,300	$1,300

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 Montco, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $5,110 a year. That adds up to $20,440 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Montco is 2.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Montgomery County Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,996 undergraduate students at Montco, with 2,580 being full-time and 6,416 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,580 full-time undergraduates at Montco, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	149
Black or African American	340
Hispanic or Latino	278
White	1,496
International Students	52
Other Races/Ethnicities	265

Over 31 countries are represented at Montco. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Montgomery County Community College

In 2020-2021, 6,776 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 4th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Montco

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Montgomery County Community College was 97.7%. This is the #352 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Montco regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.