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Published on August 13, 2024 at 21:11
Private financial website WalletHub today released its Best and Worst Community Colleges report, as well as its rankings of the states with the best and worst community colleges. Maryland ranked first among states with the best community college system, while Montgomery College ranked 10th among all community colleges in the country and 10th in Maryland.
WalletHub compared more than 650 community colleges on 18 key indicators of cost and quality. The dataset ranges from the cost of in-state tuition and fees to student-to-faculty ratio and graduation rate:
| The 20 best community colleges | |
| 1. Manhattan Area Technical College (KS) | 11. Clackamas Community College (East Timor) |
| 2. Missouri State Technical College (MO) | 12. Moreno Valley College (CA) |
| 3. Pratt Community College (Kansas) | 13. De Anza College (California) |
| 4. Santa Fe Community College (NM) | 14. Saddleback College (California) |
| 5. Southeast New Mexico College (NM) | 15. San Juan College (NM) |
| 6. Irvine Valley College (California) | 16. Santa Rosa Junior College (CA) |
| 7. Moraine Park Technical College (Wisconsin) | 17. CT State Community College Naugatuck Valley (CT) |
| 8. CT State Community College Asnuntuck (CT) | 18. Northland Community and Technical College (MN) |
| 9. College of San Mateo (California) | 19. CT State Community College Manchester (CT) |
| 10. Montgomery College (MD) | 20. Casper College (WY) |
| States with the best community college systems | ||
| 1. Maryland | 11. Kansas | |
| 2. New Mexico | 12. Washington | |
| 3. Connecticut | 13. Colorado | |
| 4. Wyoming | 14. Iowa | |
| 5. Oregon | 15. Michigan | |
| 6. Hawaii | 16. New York | |
| 7. Wisconsin | 17. California | |
| 8. North Dakota | 18. Tennessee | |
| 9.South Dakota | 19. Massachusetts | |
| 10. Minnesota | 20. West Virginia | |
To read the full reports, please visit:
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