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Hinds Community College

As of October 3, 2026
Former Name: Hinds Junior College (1928 - 1986)

The information on this page describes the accreditation relationship between this institution and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. General information about the Commission and the accreditation process is provided at the end of this document.

General Information

CEO Name
Dr. Stephen M. Vacik
Address
608 Hinds Blvd. Raymond, MS 39154
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
(601) 857-5261
Approved to Offer
Associate's Degree

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Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 1928
Reaffirmation
2018
Distance Education Approval Date
June 23, 2004
Next Reaffirmation
2027
Next Fifth-Year Review
2032
Degree Level
I i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public
Full Accreditation History

Accreditation History

1983 – Utica Junior College, Utica, MS (accredited in 1972), merged with Hinds Junior College, Raymond, MS, and Utica became a campus of Hinds Junior College (now called Hinds Community College)

SACSCOC Staff Member

Holly Hart

Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2032 Fifth-Year Interim Report
  • 2026 Reaffirmation Committee

Most Recent History with SACSCOC

  • 2026 Off-Site Review
  • 2026 Advisory Visit
  • 2024 Reaffirmation Orientation
  • 2023 Referral Report
  • 2022 Fifth-Year Interim Report
  • 2022 Interim OCIS Visit

Off-campus Instructional Sites (Additional Locations)

Types

  • Approved >=50%: Site is approved to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval. Only sites offering 50% or more of a program require approval.
  • Approved Branch >=50%: Site is approved as a branch campus to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval.
  • Notified 25-49%: Less than 50% of a program may be offered at the site. Less than 50% of additional programs may be offered with no further site notification.

Sites offering less than 25% of a program do not require notification or approval.

Status

  • Open: Instruction may be offered at the site consistent with the site type defined above.
  • Closed: Closed sites are not shown. A site is closed when (1) the institution has stopped admitting students to the site and (2) SACSCOC has approved the site teach-out plan. Therefore, instruction may continue at a site under the teach-out plan after the site is closed.
  • Brandon High School
    3090 MS-18 Brandon, MS 39042 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Callaway High School
    601 Beasley Road Jackson, MS 39206 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Career Development Center
    2703 First Avenue Jackson, MS 39209 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Central Hinds Academy
    2894 Raymond Bolton Road Raymond, MS 39154 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Central Mississippi Correctional Facility
    3794 MS-468 Pearl, MS 39208 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Claiborne County Vo-Tech Complex
    159 Old Highway 18 No 1 Port Gibson, MS 39150 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Clinton Christian Academy
    101 West Northside Drive Clinton, MS 39056 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Clinton High School
    401 Arrow Drive Clinton, MS 39056 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Crystal Springs High School
    201 Newton Street Crystal Springs, MS 39059 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Discovery Christian School
    111 Wesley Circle Florence, MS 39073 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • East Rankin Academy
    400 Highway 43 S Pelahatchie, MS 39145 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Empire Truck Sales
    301 Highway 49 South Richland, MS 39218 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Florence High School
    232 Highway 469 North Florence, MS 39073 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Forest Hill High School
    2607 Raymond Road Jackson, MS 39212 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • HCC - Jackson Campus
    3925 Sunset Dr Jackson, MS 39213 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • HCC - Rankin Campus
    3805 Hwy 80 E Pearl, MS 39208-4295 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • HCC - Utica Campus
    34175 Highway 18 West Walter Washington Admin Bldg Utica, MS 39175-9599 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • Hillcrest Christian School
    4060 S. Siwell Jackson, MS 39121 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Hinds County Career Technical Center
    14020 Highway 18 Raymond, MS 39154 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Jim Hill High School
    2185 Fortune Street Jackson, MS 39204 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • KLLM Transport Services
    135 Riverview Dr. Richland, MS 39218 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Lanier High School
    833 Maple Street Jackson, MS 39203 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • McLaurin High School
    130 Tiger Drive Florence, MS 39073 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Mt. Salus Christian School
    414 E College Street Clinton, MS 39060 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Murrah High School
    1400 Murrah Dr Jackson, MS 39202 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Northwest Rankin High School
    5875 MS-25 Flowood, MS 39232 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Park Place Christian Academy
    201 Park Pl Pearl, MS 39208 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Pearl High School
    500 Pirate Cove Pearl, MS 39208 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Pelahatchie High School
    213 Brooks Street Pelahatchie, MS 39145 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Piney Woods School
    5096 Highway 49 South Piney Woods, MS 39148 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Pisgah High School
    115 Tori Bowie LN Brandon, MS 39047 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Port Gibson High School
    159 Old Highway 18 No 1, #1 Port Gibson, MS 39150 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Provine High School
    2400 Robinson Street Jackson, MS 39209 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Puckett High School
    6382 Mississippi 18 Puckett, MS 39151 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Raymond High School
    14050 Highway 18 Raymond, MS 39154 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Richland High School
    1202 Highway 49 South Richland, MS 39218 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • St. Aloysius High School
    1900 Grove Street Vicksburg, MS 39183 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Terry High School
    235 West Beasley Road Terry, MS 39170 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Vicksburg High School
    3701 Drummond Street Vicksburg, MS 39180 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Vicksburg-Warren Campus of Hinds Community College
    755 Highway 27 South Vicksburg, MS 39180-8615 United States

    Type: Approved Branch >=50% Status: Open

  • Warren Central High School
    1000 Mississippi 27 Vicksburg, MS 39180 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Wingfield High School
    1985 Scanlon Drive Jackson, MS 39204 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

About SACSCOC and Accreditation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the accreditation name of The Commission on Colleges and Universities, is the commission responsible for accrediting degree-granting institutions across the nation and internationally. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees is the representative body of the member institutions also known as the College Delegate Assembly. To gain or maintain accreditation, an institution must comply with SACSCOC policies, procedures, and with all standards contained in the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement in the professional judgment of peer reviewers. SACSCOC’s institutional accreditation includes all degree levels regardless of location or mode of instruction. The Commission accredits the institution as a whole.

Components of the Review Process

The SACSCOC Board of Trustees conducts several types of institutional reviews: (1) Candidate Committee reviews of applicant institutions seeking candidacy, (2) Accreditation Committee reviews of candidate institutions seeking initial membership, (3) Reaffirmation Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following a comprehensive review, (4) Special Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following evaluation of institutional circumstances that are accreditation related, and (5) Substantive Change Committee reviews of member institutions seeking approval and continued accreditation following the review of a change of a significant modification or expansion to the institution’s nature and scope. Each of the above type of reviews has its own evaluation documents and peer review procedures and can be found on the SACSCOC website at www.sacscoc.org.

The Committees on Compliance and Reports (C&R), standing committees of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, review reports prepared by evaluation committees and the institutional responses to those reports. A C&R Committee’s recommendation regarding an institution’s accreditation-related matters is forwarded to the Executive Council for review. The Executive Council recommends action to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, which makes the final decision on reaffirmation and any monitoring activities that it may require of an institution. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees convenes twice a year.

Complaints Against SACSCOC Accredited Institutions

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) recognizes the value of information provided by students, employees, and others in determining whether an institution’s performance is consistent with SACSCOC standards for obtaining or maintaining accreditation. The Commission’s interest also is in ensuring that member institutions maintain appropriate grievance procedures and standards of procedural fairness and that the procedures are applied appropriately and consistently. The procedures for the review of complaints involving member institutions enable SACSCOC to address possible violations of its Principles of Accreditation, its Core Requirements and Standards, SACSCOC policies or procedures, as well as to address possible violations of an institution’s own policies and procedures, if related to the Principles.

Since SACSCOC’s complaint procedures are for the purpose of addressing any significant non-compliance with SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation, policies, or procedures, the procedures are not intended to be used to involve SACSCOC in disputes between individuals and member institutions, or cause SACSCOC to interpose itself as a reviewing authority in individual matters of admission, grades, granting or transferability of credits, application of academic policies, fees or other financial matters, disciplinary matters or other contractual rights and obligations. Nor does SACSCOC seek redress on an individual’s behalf. Under no circumstances does SACSCOC respond to, or take action on, any complaint or any allegation that contains defamatory statements. Further, SACSCOC will not serve as a grievance panel when the outcome of institutional grievance or appeal processes is unsatisfactory to the complainant.

SACSCOC expects individuals to attempt to resolve the issue through all means available to the complainant, including following the institution’s own published grievance procedures, before submitting a complaint to SACSCOC. Therefore, SACSCOC is under no obligation to consider additional information submitted by the complainant subsequent to the receipt of the formal complaint. SACSCOC’s usual practice is not to consider a complaint that is currently in administrative proceedings, including institutional proceedings, or in litigation. However, if there is substantial, credible evidence that indicates systemic problems with an accredited institution, SACSCOC may, at its discretion, choose to proceed with the review.

For the fastest and most secure review by SACSCOC personnel, we strongly encourage you to submit your formal complaint online. You can easily file your concerns by completing the digital “Complaints Against Institutions: Information Sheet and Form” directly through our secure online portal. Please note that to maintain the integrity of the review process, SACSCOC cannot evaluate oral or anonymous complaints, nor can we accept complaints submitted on behalf of another individual or forwarded from another entity. Filing your complaint electronically ensures it is received immediately and streamlines the review process.

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