March 24, 2025

East Mississippi Community College will offer a summer tuition break for the third year in a row, with additional cost savings for students who reside in student housing on the college’s Scooba campus.

In-state students enrolled in for-credit academic courses at EMCC will pay half the normal tuition cost for the 2025 Maymester, Full Summer, Summer Intensive I and Summer Intensive II terms.

In addition, residential students on the college’s Scooba campus who take classes during the months of June and July will get half-off dormitory costs for those two months. They must take classes both months. There is no discount for meals. The half-off dormitory costs are in addition to the half-off summer tuition for academic classes.

Since 2023, EMCC has offered the half-off tuition break during the months of May, June and July. The tuition discount does not apply to course fees and textbook purchases.

“We are committed to providing a quality education at an affordable cost and we are grateful for this opportunity to once again offer our students further tuition savings,” EMCC President Dr. Scott Alsobrooks said. “This would not be possible without the support of our Mississippi legislators, district boards of supervisors and EMCC Board of Trustees.”

The enrollment process for summer terms will remain unchanged, but in-state students taking academic classes will only be charged half the price of tuition during the Maymester, Full Summer and Intensive I and II terms.

Maymester on-campus classes began May 9, while Maymester online classes begin May 12. Online Full-Term and online June Term classes begin June 2, as do Full Summer and Intensive I classes. Summer Intensive II and July online classes begin June 30.

Class schedules for Maymester, Full Summer, Summer Intensive I, and Summer Intensive II terms for EMCC’s campuses are posted to the EMCC website at www.eastms.edu. Click on “Class Schedules” under the “Student Services” tab for a list of classes.

Current students are encouraged to register online, contact their advisors listed in their LEO accounts, or email advising@eastms.edu. New and transfer students can visit our online Admissions page at www.eastms.edu/admissions where they will find information about the application process. They can email advising@eastms.edu to schedule an appointment or schedule an appointment online by clicking on the “Advising Services” tab on the EMCC website.

Students can also call Lion Central at 662.243.1920 to get started. To register for classes, students can call the Office of Advising at 662.243.1925.

This summer will mark the fifth consecutive year that EMCC has reduced tuition to students taking summer classes. In 2022, the college offered $500 in tuition assistance to qualified students who enrolled in a minimum of six credit hours. For the Summer 2021 semester, EMCC offered free tuition and waived up to $500 in costs for course fees, textbooks, on-campus housing and meal plans to students taking for-credit classes, thanks to funding provided through federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds.

EMCC also offers numerous institutional, departmental and activity-based scholarships that benefit students.