Itawamba Community College

Overview

Rankings

• #3 Best Computer Science Colleges in Mississippi
• #3 Best Data Science Colleges in Mississippi
• #4 Most Affordable Colleges in Mississippi
• #5 Best Colleges in Mississippi
• #5 Best Online Colleges in Mississippi
• #8 Best Education Colleges in Mississippi
• #10 Best Business Colleges in Mississippi
• #11 Best Nursing Colleges in Mississippi

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Itawamba Community College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Based in Fulton, Mississippi, Itawamba Community College enrolls students across a range of programs. The graduation rate is roughly 48%.

Retention Rate

74%

Full-Time Faculty

46%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$7,005

Student–Faculty Ratio

20:1

Diversity Index

0.54

First-Gen Students

41%

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Itawamba Community College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Itawamba Community College is $5,820, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $4,616. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $3,623 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $7,631 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$3,420

Out-of-State

$5,820

Avg Net Price

$4,616

Median Debt

$7,631

Pell Grant Rate

47%

Federal Loan Rate

11%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Itawamba Community College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Itawamba Community College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Itawamba Community College report median earnings of $32,912, a figure worth comparing against the cost of attendance before enrolling.

6 Years After Entry

$30,851

8 Years

$32,960

10 Years

$32,912

Debt-to-Earnings

0.23x

Earning > $25K

45%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Itawamba Community College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Itawamba Community College is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 1.35%, well above the typical college. Access is a real strength here. Roughly 23.9% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile, a high share that gives low-income students a real foothold. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 5.6% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $47,900, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

1.35%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

5.6%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

23.9%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$65,079

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Itawamba Community College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs around the national average at Itawamba Community College. Its economic connectedness score is 0.92, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias sits near the middle of the range (0.08). Around 4% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

0.92

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

0.08

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

3.6%

Support Ratio

1.00

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Federal Grants

$5,891,104

Investment Income

$47,156

Top Programs

The fields Itawamba Community College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Humanities 23%
• Health Professions 19% $61,541 early-career
• Business & Marketing 11% $28,100 early-career
• Mechanic & Repair Tech 7% $61,130 early-career
• Education 6% $22,304 early-career
• Computer Science & IT 4% $32,002 early-career
• Criminal Justice 3% $27,098 early-career
• Construction Trades 3% $55,225 early-career

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.