Pearl River Community College
Poplarville, MS101 Hwy 11 N, Poplarville, MS 39470
601-403-1000
Pearl River Community College (PRCC) is a public community college in Poplarville, Mississippi. It was founded in 1909 and is part of the Mississippi Community College System. The college serves Pearl River, Stone, and George counties and offers Associate's degrees, certificates, and workforce training.
PRCC offers over 80 programs of study and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. The college has four campuses: the Poplarville Campus, the Hancock Campus in Waveland, the Forrest County Center in Hattiesburg, and the Rankin Campus in Brandon.
PRCC is home to the Mississippi School of the Arts, a residential high school for the visual and performing arts. The college also has a strong athletics program, with teams competing in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, rodeo, soccer, softball, tennis, and track and field.
PRCC has a long history of serving the community and providing students with the education and training they need to succeed. The college is committed to academic excellence and to meeting the needs of its students, faculty, and staff.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 5065
Type: Public, 2-year
Main Website: https://www.prcc.edu/
Financial Aid: https://www.prcc.edu/finaid
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $11620
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $12620
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at Pearl River Community College is $45792.79. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at Pearl River Community College. For graduates of Pearl River Community College, we saw an average early-career income of $42200.00 and mid-career income of $62200.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.