College Profile: Mountain Empire Community College

Mountain Empire Community College is a two-year college located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and is one of the 23 schools in the Virginia Community College System. The college serves residents of Dickenson, Lee, Scott, and Wise counties, as well as the City of Norton. The first classes were offered in the Fall of 1972. Dr. Terrance Suarez became the school's fifth president in January 2002.

3441 Mountain Empire Road
Big Stone Gap, VA
24219

276-523-2400 (general)
276-523-7470 (financial aid)
276-523-7474 (admissions)

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Mission Statement

Mountain Empire Community College functions within the educational community to assure that all individuals in its service area are given a continuing opportunity for the development and extension of their skills and knowledge through quality programs and services that are financially and geographically accessible. Mountain Empire Community College provides leadership in determining and addressing both the needs of students and the economic needs of the College's service area. Occupational-technical education, transfer education, developmental studies, general education, continuing and distance education, workforce development, and community services are the primary avenues through which the mission is fulfilled. To assure that all students have the opportunity for success, the college provides a comprehensive program of student development services.

General Information

Other Names	MECC, Mountain Empire
Type	Public, 2-year
Control	Public
Size	1,000 - 4,999
Campus Setting	Rural: Fringe
Calendar System	Semester
Title IV Eligibility	Participates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Relgious Affiliation	Not applicable

College Student Services Offered

Yes	Remedial Services	Yes	Academic/career counseling service
Yes	Employment services for students	Yes	Placement services for completers
No	On-campus day care for students' children

College Special Learning Opportunities

No	ROTC	Yes	Distance learning opportunities
No	ROTC: Army	No	Study abroad
No	ROTC: Navy	No	Weekend/evening college
No	ROTC: Air Force

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

More info

Mountain Empire Community College Website
Wikipedia

Open admission policy	Yes
Admission test scores	Not applicable
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language	Not applicable

4,227	Student Body Size	No	On-Campus Housing
--	Fall Applicants	--	Total Dormitory Capacity
--	Fall Admissions

Yes	Less than one year certificate	Yes	One but less than two years certificate
Yes	Associate's degree	Yes	Two but less than 4 years certificate
No	Bachelor's degree	No	Postbaccalaureate certificate
No	Master's degree	No	Post-master's certificate
No	Doctor's degree	No	First-professional degree
		No	First-professional certificate

Question and Answer about "Mountain Empire Community College"

What language classes do Mountain Empire Community College offer?

What languages do they offer?I looked at their site but couldn't find anything about classes.

Top Answer:

Yeah. Wow. Not the most user-friendly college Web site!

I started by looking in the college catalog here:
http://www.me.vccs.edu/catalog-handbook.htm

If you search that document (PDF) for the words french, german, spanish, you will find those courses mentioned but... then I looked in the schedule of classes here:

http://www.me.vccs.edu/schedule/index.html

...and could only find Spanish.

I'm not really familiar with this college, so I think you would do well to speak with someone locally. The Virginia Community College system participates in a cooperative chat service called Live Online Reference Service - found on this page:
http://www.me.vccs.edu/library/index.html

Opening a chat with a local librarian may help or else contact the Admission/Registrar department found on this page:
http://www.me.vccs.edu/contact.htm

at the college mountain empire community college how much will you recieve for fiancial aid as a full time?

student?? from out of state recently moving there to people already living there is it any different? this school is in big stone gap Virginia

Top Answer:

Here are the tuition rates for a full time student (per semester):

12 hours

In state: $1,236.00
Out of state: $ 3,421.20

how much are classes usually for mountain empire community college?

it is in big stone gap Virginia and do i have to be a one year resident at that state to pay regular price instead of 3 times the amount like some states?
thank you so much

Top Answer:

I found their website for you below.
http://www.me.vccs.edu/dept/admiss/tuition.html

3 credit hour class in-state standard: $309.00

Hope this helps. I just used Google to get this page, so remember that it's a helpful source.

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College Profile: Mountain Empire Community College

What language classes do Mountain Empire Community College offer?

at the college mountain empire community college how much will you recieve for fiancial aid as a full time?

how much are classes usually for mountain empire community college?