Saint Louis Community College-Meramec
Tel:
(314) 984-7500
- Meramec offers unique career and technical programs in areas such as horticulture, occupational therapy assistant, physical therapist assistant, architectural technology, interior design and information reporting technology. The campus is home to the Center for Visual Technology, a set of state-of-the-art instruction labs containing the latest Macintosh computer workstations, operating systems and software available. The Center for Visual Technology is a component of the campus' Center of Excellence - Digital Arts and Technology Alliance and serves students who are training for careers in emerging visual arts areas. The art program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
School Highlights
Saint Louis Community College-Meramec serves 11,439 students (50% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 35:1 is higher than the state community college average of 24:1.
Minority enrollment is 100% of the student body (majority Black and Hispanic), which is less than the state average of 42%.
Top Placements
Saint Louis Community College-Meramec places among the top 20% of community colleges in Missouri for:
- Category Attribute
- Affordability Least expensive tuition
- Diversity Average community college minority breakdown
- Community Size Largest student body
- Debt For Students Least debt for graduating students
School Overview
The teacher population of 329 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
| Saint Louis Community College-Meramec | (MO) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate's--Public Urban-serving Multicampus | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 329 staff | 62 staff |
Source: 2019 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- St. Louis Community College is the largest community college system in Missouri and one of the largest in the United States. The college serves an area of approximately 700 square miles that includes the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County and portions of Jefferson and Franklin counties. St. Louis Community College's three campuses, Florissant Valley, Forest Park and Meramec, are shaped by their urban and suburban communities, and many programs are planned for the needs and special interests of their surrounding areas. The campuses offer freshman- and sophomore-level college transfer, career and developmental programs, plus non-credit continuing education courses. Each campus was designed to serve an area population of 400,000 to 600,000. Meramec is the largest single community college campus in Missouri – 13,000 college-credit students and more than 10,000 adult education students per semester. 70% of our students who plan to transfer, transfer to four-year universities. We offer more than 50 career programs. Meramec also provides diverse educational opportunities at its new South County Education and University Center, located at Meramec Bottom and Lemay Ferry Roads, and its West County Education Center in Ballwin. The college is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Saint Louis Community College-Meramec is Midwest Institute (2.9 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- Midwest InstitutePrivate for-profit275 students | 2.90 Mi2 Soccer Park Drive
Fenton, MO 63026
(314) 344-4440 2.90275 - St Louis College of Health Careers-FentonPrivate for-profit467 students | 3.20 Mi1297 North Highway Drive
Fenton, MO 63026
(636) 529-0000 3.20467 - Hickey CollegePrivate, for profit415 students | 9.30 Mi940 Westport Plaza
Saint Louis, MO 63146
(314) 434-2212 9.30415 - St Louis College of Health Careers-St LouisPrivate for-profit103 students | 9.60 Mi909 South Taylor Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63110
(314) 652-0300 9.60103 - 1,698 students | 10.90 Mi4431 Finney Ave
Saint Louis, MO 63113
(314) 371-0236 10.901,698
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