Madisonville Community College
Tel:
(270)821-2250
- Madisonville Community College, a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, is a public comprehensive community college in the Madisonville Community and Technical College District.
School Highlights
- Madisonville Community College serves 4,433 students (31% of students are full-time).
- The college's student:teacher ratio of 37:1 is higher than the state community college average of 27:1.
- Minority enrollment is 11% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 16%.
- Madisonville Community College is the only community colleges within Hopkins County, KY.
- The nearest community college to Madisonville Community College is Henderson Community College (31.0 miles away).
Top Placements
Madisonville Community College places among the top 20% of community colleges in Kentucky for:
- Category Attribute
- Affordability Least expensive tuition
- Debt For Students Least debt for graduating students
School Overview
- The teacher population of 120 teachers has declined by 45% over five years.
| Madisonville Community College | (KY) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges |
| Institution Level | Less than 2 yrs | Less than 2 yrs |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 120 staff | 97 staff |
| Total Enrollment | 4,433 students | 3,252 students |
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| Student : Teacher Ratio | 37:1 | 27:1 |
| # Full-Time Students | 1,390 students | 1,360 students |
| # Part-Time Students | 3,043 students | 1,892 students |
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| % Asian | 1% | 1% |
| % Hispanic | 3% | 3% |
| % Black | 5% | 8% |
| % White | 89% | 84% |
| % Two or more races | 2% | 2% |
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| Diversity Score | 0.20 | 0.29 |
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| College Completion Rate | 29% | 29% |
| Average Graduate Earnings (10 Years) | $30,100 | $29,400 |
Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Madisonville Community College is changing lives by providing a supportive educational environment that will help you reach your postsecondary goals and start you on the road to lifelong learning. We serve one of the 16 seamless districts of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). MCC has three campuses in Madisonville- Health, Technology, and North- and the newest facility is the Muhlenberg County Campus. The four campuses of MCC play key roles in the statewide mission of the KCTCS- affordable postsecondary education and workforce training. Madisonville Community College offers classes in Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and Webster counties. We can give students ready access to postsecondary education and workforce training with day, evening and weekend classes, off-campus locations, the Internet, KET telecourses, Kentucky Virtual University, interactive television and short-term training. Madisonville Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree.
Nearby Schools
- The nearest community college to Madisonville Community College is Henderson Community College (31.0 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- 2,000 students | 31.00 Mi2660 S Green St
Henderson, KY 42420
(270)827-1867 31.002,000 - 3,566 students | 33.30 Mi720 North Dr.
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
(270)707-3700 33.303,566 - 4,156 students | 33.90 Mi4800 New Hartford Rd
Owensboro, KY 42303
(270)686-4400 33.904,156 - Brown Mackie College-HopkinsvillePrivate, for profit222 students | 36.60 Mi4001 Fort Campbell Boulevard
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
(270)886-1302 36.60222 - 233 students | 43.70 Mi4601 Theatre Dr
Evansville, IN 47715
(812)476-6000 43.70233
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