Headcounts and Directory Information
Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) is a public, 2-4 years institute located in Big Stone Gap, VA. It has a total enrollment of 2,116 and students to faculty ratio is 22 to 1. It is a Associate's - Public Urban-serving Single Campus by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Associate's degree.
A total of 118 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at MECC. The average faculty salary is $68,907 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 240 employees work at MECC. The average non-instructional staff salary is $54,828. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 3441 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, VA |
| Phone Number | 276-523-2400 |
| Web | www.mecc.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 22 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 44 Full-time / 74 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 145 Full-time / 95 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $68,907 |
| Staff Average Salary | $54,828 |
| Student Population | 2,116 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Mountain Empire Community College, there are 240 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 145 full-time and 95 part-time staffs work at MECC. By gender there are 96 male and 144 female employees.
Among them, 118 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 44 full-time and 74 part-time faculty. By gender there are 53 male and 65 female faculty teaching at MECC.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 240 | 96 | 144 | 145 | 58 | 87 | 95 | 38 | 57 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 118 | 53 | 65 | 44 | 22 | 22 | 74 | 31 | 43 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 13 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Management | 43 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Service | 16 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sales and related | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 28 | 2 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - |