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Honors College

MDCC Honors College provides academically gifted students an educational experience beyond the standard curriculum in an environment that promotes discovery and creativity.

The Honors College at Mississippi Delta Community College offers academically gifted in-state students a scholarship which covers all tuition and room and board, and provides a book allowance in the bookstore. Students who elect to forgo a dorm room and commute may request to receive the commuter meal plan, instead. 

Mississippi Delta offers a wide array of electives in Mathematics, Science, English, the Arts, and Humanities; Honors College students participate in leadership seminars, lectures, Honors excursions, and group activities in which they explore current social issues.

A student applying for the MDCC Honors College must:

  • Be an incoming freshman
  • Be accepted to Mississippi Delta Community College
  • Have a composite ACT super-score of at least 23, with a minimum sub-score of at least 20 in each category
  • Provide an official high school transcript
  • Provide an official ACT score report

​Students must supply official documentation of these requirements to be accepted into the Honors College. Students may be conditionally approved while waiting for the official documentation, but MDCC must have the official documentation before students are officially approved and eligible for the Honors College scholarship. 

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*To be considered a freshman, a student must have fewer than 25 dual-enrollment hours at graduation and may not have any non-dual-enrollment hours from another college.

All in-state students receive 100% tuition plus room and board and a book allowance in the bookstore. Students who elect to forgo a dorm room and commute may request to receive a commuter meal plan, instead.

Book Allowance

$800 book allowance for students with an ACT of 25+
$500 book allowance for students with an ACT of 23 or 24

  • Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above with no grade below a B
  • Complete the Honors course requirements
  • Attain an associate degree from Mississippi Delta Community College
  • Complete four contiguous fall/spring semesters of at least thirteen hours each, including the Honors Forum.
  • Take Calculus I and II and Chemistry I and II, lab and lecture, during freshman year.
  • Take at least one additional Honors designated course each semester of the sophomore year.
Honors College Probation

MDCC Honors College will allow one probationary semester for students who drop below the required cumulative GPA of 3.5, but not below a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or who receive a grade of C in any class.

Students will remain in the program and retain the scholarship during the probationary semester.

Any student whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0, who earns more than one grade of C in any class, or who has any grade below a C in any class will no longer qualify for the Honors College or its scholarship and will not have successfully completed the Honors College program or qualify for its benefits. 

Probationary students will remain in the program and retain the scholarship during the probationary semester.

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