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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.

75% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Young Harris College?

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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 Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into YHC?

75% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
YHC has an acceptance rate of 75%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Can I Afford Young Harris College?

67% Take Out Loans
2.1% Loan Default Rate

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.

The student loan default rate at YHC is 2.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Young Harris College Undergraduate Student Diversity

902 Full-Time Undergraduates
56% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,388 undergraduate students at YHC, with 902 being full-time and 486 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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

239 Took All Classes Online
347 Took At Least One Class Online
52.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 347 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.

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Online Growth Rankings of YHC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Young Harris College was 52.5%. This is the #456 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at YHC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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