RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – AccelerateMS is supporting an expansion of Health Sciences training capacity at Hinds Community College (HCC) that will add hundreds of new seats across high-demand healthcare programs and strengthen Mississippi’s healthcare workforce pipeline.
The initiative will allow HCC to add 480 student seats in Health Sciences programs over the next three years, including 232 seats in traditional degree programs and 248 seats in short-term workforce training programs.
AccelerateMS will invest nearly $3 million as part of a broader $53 million project at the college’s Rankin Campus. The new 160,000-square-foot, four-story Health Sciences facility, scheduled to open in fall 2026, will modernize training environments and provide the space needed to scale healthcare workforce programs.
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“This expansion is about making sure training capacity exists where demand is greatest,” said Dr. Courtney Taylor, executive director of AccelerateMS. “Investments like this allow us to expand access to high-quality training and strengthen the talent pipeline for healthcare providers across the region.”…