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Located in Young Harris, Georgia, Young Harris College is a private not-for-profit institution. The rural area surrounding YHC is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

Where Is Young Harris College?

Contact details for YHC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 College Street, Young Harris, GA 30582
Phone:	706-379-3111
Website:	www.yhc.edu

How Do I Get Into YHC?

You can apply to YHC online at: https://discover.yhc.edu/applynow/inquiryform

Admission Requirements for YHC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into YHC?

With an acceptance rate of 77%, YHC may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Can I Afford Young Harris College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At YHC, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $8,361 a year. That adds up to $33,444 over four years for those students.

Young Harris College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,388 undergraduate students at YHC, with 902 being full-time and 486 being part-time.

There are also 19 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 902 full-time undergraduates at YHC, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Young Harris College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	81
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	605
International Students	72
Other Races/Ethnicities	89

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Young Harris College. At this time, 8 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at YHC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Young Harris College

In 2022-2023, 526 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at YHC has changed over the last few years.

Young Harris College Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Secondary Education	0	15	15
Music Education	6	0	6
Early Childhood Education	6	0	6
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs	1	0	1
TOTAL	13	15	28

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.