Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wesson

What Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wesson does

Copiah-Lincoln Community College (Co-Lin) is a public two-year community college founded in 1928 and headquartered in Wesson, Mississippi, serving Southwest Mississippi's seven-county district through three physical campuses: the main Wesson campus, the Natchez Campus, and the Simpson County Center in Mendenhall. As of Fall 2025, the institution's enrollment surpassed 3,000 students for the first time since 2019, with 485 graduates and 767 honor-roll students in Spring 2026. The college has held the #1 ranking in student success among all 15 Mississippi community colleges for three consecutive years.

The institution delivers a comprehensive portfolio organized around university transfer pathways, 37 career-technical programs, healthcare credentials (Associate Degree Nursing accredited by ACEN, Paramedic Training accredited by CAAHEP, Medical Radiologic Technology, and a new LPN-to-RN accelerated track), workforce education, adult education, dual enrollment for high school students, and eLearning/online delivery. Technology is third-party and instructional in nature: Canvas LMS for course delivery, Parchment for transcript services, Siteimprove for accessibility compliance under Section 508 and WCAG 2.1, and a Cisco Networking Academy partnership in its 25th year. Co-Lin operates the Wolf Pack athletics program and hosts the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration, a humanities conference held since 1990.

Co-Lin is funded through a combination of state appropriations, student tuition, federal grants (including a $16.3M FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant), and private donations routed through the Co-Lin Foundation, which surpassed $1M in donations in the 2023-2024 fiscal year for the first time since the late 1990s. A $482,025 Workforce Inclusion Grant and a $225,000 federal grant further supplement operating capacity. Pricing is structured as standardized community-college tuition for the seven-county district, distributed across four student segments: traditional college students, adult learners, workforce development clients, and dual-enrollment high school students. The college is governed by a Board of Trustees (chaired by Barry Tyson) and led by President Dr. Dewayne Middleton, with campus-level Vice Presidents in Wesson, Natchez, and Simpson County and an Executive Director of Workforce Education appointed effective January 2026.

Name

Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wesson

Legal name

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Website

https://colin.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1928

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a public two-year institution serving Southwest Mississippi's seven-county district from three campuses (Wesson, Natchez, Simpson County Center), offering university transfer, 37 career-technical programs, nursing and healthcare credentials, workforce training, and adult education to more than 3,000 students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community College Education

NAICS

Junior Colleges (611210)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Community Colleges (EDAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Comprehensive Community Colleges (Transfer + Workforce) (EDAHADAE), Rural/Regional Community Colleges (EDAHADAK)

Keywords

• Community college education
• University transfer programs
• Career technical training
• Workforce development
• Adult education services

Headquarters

HQ city

Wesson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Public community college funded through state appropriations, student tuition, and fees. Operates as a two-year public institution offering affordable education for Southwest Mississippi.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a two-year public community college that delivers university transfer programs, career-technical education (37 programs), healthcare workforce training (nursing, radiologic technology, paramedic), and adult education across three Mississippi campuses (Wesson, Natchez, Simpson County). The institution offers associate degrees, certificates, dual enrollment for high school students, workforce education for employers, and online eLearning options, funded through state appropriations, tuition, federal grants, and Co-Lin Foundation donations.

Product overview

Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a two-year community college offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs across three campuses (Wesson, Natchez, Simpson County Center). The institution provides university transfer pathways, career-technical education (37 programs), healthcare workforce training (nursing, radiologic technology, paramedic), workforce development, and adult education. Key programs include the ACEN-accredited Associate Degree Nursing, CAAHEP-accredited Paramedic Training, Culinary Arts Technology, Medical Radiologic Technology, and new Cybersecurity and LPN-to-RN programs. The college also hosts the award-winning Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration as a community engagement initiative. Programs are delivered through traditional classroom, dual enrollment for high school students, and eLearning/online modalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Academics / University Transfer Program
• Associate Degree Nursing Program
• Career and Technical Education
• Adult Education
• Dual Enrollment / Dual Credit Program
• eLearning / Online Programs
• Workforce Education
• Enhanced Transfer Partnerships
• Culinary Arts Technology Program
• Medical Radiologic Technology (MRT) Program
• Cybersecurity Program
• LPN-to-RN Accelerated Track Program
• Paramedic Training Program
• Athletics Program (Wolf Pack)
• Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration

Quantifiable outcome

• Highest percentage of graduates among all 15 Mississippi community colleges
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Brown University School of Public HealthminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2024Co-Lin nursing students participate in environmental epidemiology research with Brown University's Community Noise Lab in Simpson County. Students assist with health examination stations at the Mississippi Adolescent Environmental Health Study, gaining hands-on public health research experience.
• Mississippi Action for Progress (MAP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNatchez Campus partnered with MAP through a Memorandum of Understanding to provide internship opportunities for early childhood education students.
• Delta State UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-Lin Director of Bands Chad Austin spearheaded a partnership with Delta State University's Delta Music Institute, creating new entertainment industry classes offered at Co-Lin.
• Pearl River Community CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-Lin co-hosted the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament as one of two double-elimination pod locations, working alongside Pearl River Community College.
• Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMDOT project set to begin at Co-Lin's Wesson Campus, demonstrating infrastructure partnership for campus improvements.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sinclair College: Large, nationally-recognized Ohio community college known for workforce partnerships, transfer, and online learning at scale; relevant comparable for the workforce development and online program trajectory Co-Lin is pursuing.

Direct peers

• Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: Multi-campus Mississippi public community college along the Gulf Coast; serves a similar institutional role with two-year degrees, career-technical, and workforce development in a different but comparable regional context.
• Hinds Community College: Largest community college in Mississippi with multiple campuses; directly competes for in-state students, dual enrollment, and workforce contracts across academic transfer, career-technical, and online programs.
• Pearl River Community College: Another Mississippi public community college in the same state system; co-hosted the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament with Co-Lin and serves a comparable Southwest Mississippi population with similar transfer, career-technical, and workforce programs.
• East Central Community College: Neighboring Mississippi public community college located in Decatur; offers two-year associate degrees, career-technical, and workforce training serving an overlapping rural district with comparable program mix.
• Northwest Mississippi Community College: Multi-campus Mississippi public community college; similar operating model with academic transfer, dual enrollment, career-technical, and workforce education across a regional district.
• Itawamba Community College: Mississippi public community college in northeast Mississippi offering university transfer, career-technical, and workforce programs; comparable scale and mission to Co-Lin.
• Jones College: Mississippi public community college in Ellisville offering university transfer, career-technical, and workforce programs; competes directly with Co-Lin for Southwest Mississippi students and employer training contracts.
• Holmes Community College: Mississippi public community college serving a multi-county district with comparable university transfer, career-technical, athletics, and workforce offerings; competes for the same state funding and student demographics.
• Meridian Community College: Mississippi public community college offering associate degrees, career-technical, nursing, and workforce programs; comparable size and scope to Co-Lin and competes for the same in-state community college student pool.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CopiahLincolnCC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC1N2nGVr-LxY4tnJXdTojMA
• Facebookfacebook.com/350678130000
• Instagraminstagram.com/copiahlincolncc/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/copiah-lincoln-community-college

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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