2019-2020 President's Report

Tops in Transfer GPA ECCC was once again the best in the state for the third straight year in 2019 in preparing students for success at four year public universities in Mississippi. Students who transferred from ECCC to a public four-year institution earned the highest cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of all community college transfers in the state of Mississippi in 2019. Students who transferred from ECCC to one of the state’s eight public, four-year institutions earned a 3.32

published at LendingTree.com in fall 2019. The rankings were based on data from the 513 community

GPA at baccalaureate graduation in 2019. It marked fifth time in the past seven years that all students who transferred from ECCC to a public, four-year university in Mississippi

and junior colleges across the country with the best graduation rates and transfer rates. Student-Athlete Academic Success Each year, ECCC is among the national and state leaders in student-athletes who qualify for the NJCAA All-Academic First, Second, and Third teams and the MACJC

earned the highest GPA at baccalaureate graduation of all the state’s community colleges. Top 50 Ranking ECCC was ranked No. 27 in the nation among two year colleges in preparing students to transfer to a four-year school or turn an Associate Degree into a successful career according to “50 Best Schools for Transferring From Community College to University”

Distinguished Academic and Academic All-State teams based on individual grade-point average. ECCC is also among the national leaders in teams annually recognized for team GPA. Both the women’s and men’s tennis teams were selected 2012-13 NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year and the women’s softball and soccer teams were the 2014-15 NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year.

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