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Mountain Empire Community College

Mountain Empire Community College
3441 Mountain Empire Road
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219


Website: https://www.mecc.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024

The financial aid information below is valid for the 2023 academic year.

EXPENSES
Undergraduate tuition: $3,780; $8,582 out-of-state

APPLYING FOR AID

Required form Priority date Rolling? Closing date
FAFSAMay 1noN/A
Institution's own financial aid formN/AnoN/A

Applied for financial aid:
99% of first-year students
96% of full-time undergraduates
Determined to have financial need:
77% of first-year students
82% of full-time undergraduates
Students determined to have financial need who received any financial aid:
99% of first-year students
99% of full-time undergraduates
Students receiving financial aid who received need-based self-help aid:
4% of first-year students
6% of full-time undergraduates
Students receiving financial aid who received any non-need-based gift aid:
36% of first-year students
26% of full-time undergraduates
Students receiving financial aid whose need was fully met (excluding PLUS loans and private alternative loans):
92% of first-year students
92% of full-time undergraduates
Average percent of need that was met of students who received any need-based aid (excluding PLUS loans and private alternative loans):
98% for first-year students
98% for full-time undergraduates
Average financial aid package (excluding PLUS loans and private alternative loans):
$5,856 for first-year students
$5,918 for full-time undergraduates
Average need-based gift award:
$5,486 for first-year students
$5,562 for full-time undergraduates
Average need-based self-help award (excluding PLUS loans and private alternative loans):
$1,351 for first-year students
$1,845 for full-time undergraduates
Average need-based loan (excluding PLUS loans and private alternative loans):
$0 for first-year students
$0 for full-time undergraduates
Students who had no financial aid need and who received non-need-based aid (excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits):
7% of first-year students
6% of full-time undergraduates
Average award to students who had no financial aid need and who received non-need-based aid (excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits):
$1,672 for first-year students
$1,816 for full-time undergraduates
School participates in Federal Work-Study Program: yes

TYPES OF AID AVAILABLE
Types of loans available:
  • Federal Nursing Loans
Need-based scholarships/grants available:
  • need-based (general)
  • Federal Pell Grants
  • SEOG
  • state scholarships/grants
  • college/university scholarships/grants (institutional funds)
  • private scholarships/grants
  • Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Awards, Veterans
Non-need-based scholarships/grants available:
  • non-need-based (general)
  • state scholarships/grants
  • special characteristics

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