Mitchell Community College

500 W Broad Street, Statesville, NC, 28677-5293 - View a map of this school Map

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Mitchell Community College, a learning-centered institution, provides affordable, high-quality educational and training programs and services to meet the changing and diverse lifelong learning needs of a multi-culturally diverse citizenry who live and work in a global society....

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  • Mitchell Community College
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County Iredell County, NC -
Title IV Eligible Yes Yes
Carnegie Classification Associate of Arts Colleges Associate of Arts Colleges
Institution Level At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs
Institution Control Public Public
Full-Time Undergraduate 1,033 students 1,020 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 1,609 students 1,444 students
Total Enrollment 2,642 students 2,213 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 37% 78%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 30% 46%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $2,500 $2,845
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 8% 29%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $860 $1,273
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 11% 12%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $920 $1,146

School Notes:

  • Mitchell Community College is a comprehensive, open-admissions community college dedicated to meeting the post-secondary education and training needs of the citizens of Iredell County and surrounding areas. The college provides an array of high quality programs at low cost in an historically rich environment. Mitchell is a student-centered institution where all persons are encouraged to develop their abilities in a community that respects diversity and is supportive of individual achievement. Concerned with the social, civic, cultural, and economic development of the community as a whole, instructional programs are focused on meeting the educational and training needs of all persons over eighteen years of age and persons sixteen years of age and older with special needs.
  • Mitchell Community College has a long and distinguished history as an educational institution. Established in 1852, it began as a Presbyterian female college. Today, it has evolved into a modern comprehensive community college.The college has also been fortunate to have a strong relationship with the community of Statesville.
  • Mitchell Community College commits its resources to provide associate degree, diploma, and certificate programs to meet the pre-service and in-service work force development needs for industry, business, government, and service occupations; to provide associate degree programs for the first two years of academic courses leading to baccalaureate and professional degrees and to provide each student the opportunity to develop the skills and values necessary to succeed in college. The college also offer pre-college programs in adult basic education and literacy, as well as both short- and long-term occupational training in a large number of job-related fields through our Continuing Education Division.
  • Mitchell Community College is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate in arts, associate in science, associate in fine arts and associate in applied science degrees.
  • Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

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