Pearl River Community College Trade Programs

Pearl River Community College is a public institution situated in Poplarville, Mississippi. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Pearl River Community College.

Where Is Pearl River Community College?

Contact details for Pearl River Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	101 Hwy 11 N, Poplarville, MS 39470
Phone:	601-403-1000
Website:	www.prcc.edu

Can I Afford Pearl River Community College?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Pearl River Community College students paid $140 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $240 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$3,250	$5,250
Fees	$250	$250
Books and Supplies	$1,300	$1,300
On Campus Room and Board	$4,900	$4,900
On Campus Other Expenses	$1,920	$1,920

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 Pearl River Community College, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $4,717 a year. That adds up to $18,868 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Pearl River Community College is 5.0%. 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.

Pearl River Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,986 undergraduate students at Pearl River Community College, with 3,610 being full-time and 1,376 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,610 full-time undergraduates at Pearl River Community College, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	27
Black or African American	1,135
Hispanic or Latino	49
White	2,231
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	161

Over 5 countries are represented at Pearl River Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Ireland, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Pearl River Community College

In 2020-2021, 3,761 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Pearl River Community College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 5th most popular in Mississippi for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Pearl River Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pearl River Community College was 26.0%. This is the #820 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Pearl River Community College 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.