Community Colleges
2020 Community Colleges Overview
For academic year 2019-2020, 985 community colleges are active. Here, a community college is a public, two years (2 but less than 4 years) institution, rather than private two year school, mostly called junior colleges.
- The 2020 average tuition & fees of community colleges is $4,544 for state residents and $8,189 for out-of-state students.
- Total 5,614,242 students have enrolled in community colleges and, of that, 775,216 students enrolled online exclusively.
- The average students to faculty ratio is 17.81 to 1.
- The average financial aid amount received at community colleges is $4,240.
- The average graduation rate is 34.08% and the average transfer-out rate is 16.77%.
Data Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
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Largest Community Colleges
1
The Woodlands, TX
Lone Star College System
73,499 Students
2
Indianapolis, IN
Ivy Tech Community College
72,006 Students
3
Houston, TX
Houston Community College
57,200 Students
4
Fort Worth, TX
Tarrant County College District
51,100 Students
5
Annandale, VA
Northern Virginia Community College
50,929 Students
Highest Graduation Rate
1
Buckhannon, WV
2
Hartford, CT
3
Downey, CA
4
Norman, OK
5
Expensive Tuition & Fees
1
Northport, NY
Western Suffolk BOCES
$43,050
2
Wooster, OH
3
Kankakee, IL
Kankakee Community College
$23,550
4
Titusville, PA
5
South Prince George, VA
Richard Bland College
$21,810
Community Colleges Statistics by State
| State | Number of Community Colleges | In-State Tuition & Fees | Out-of-State Tuition & Fees | Number of Students | Graduation Rate | Transfer-out Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 24 | $5,020 | $8,881 | 80,230 | 26.38% | 21.32% | 17 to 1 |
| Arkansas | 22 | $3,524 | $4,878 | 43,664 | 35.27% | 13.55% | 15 to 1 |
| Arizona | 21 | $2,160 | $7,491 | 178,838 | 20.70% | 25.37% | 19 to 1 |
| California | 118 | $1,515 | $7,935 | 1,234,923 | 33.32% | 10.40% | 25 to 1 |
| Colorado | 11 | $4,497 | $9,603 | 41,937 | 43.27% | 16.56% | 16 to 1 |
| Connecticut | 14 | $4,657 | $12,575 | 48,022 | 24.08% | 17.42% | 16 to 1 |
| Florida | 30 | $3,916 | $4,430 | 47,659 | 62.60% | 6.67% | 13 to 1 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | $4,750 | $4,750 | 1,931 | 26.00% | 3.00% | 15 to 1 |
| Georgia | 24 | $3,286 | $5,779 | 117,391 | 39.13% | 9.70% | 15 to 1 |
| Guam | 1 | $3,414 | $4,614 | 2,082 | 21.00% | 0.00% | 15 to 1 |
| Hawaii | 6 | $3,220 | $8,356 | 23,727 | 24.67% | 14.67% | 16 to 1 |
| Iowa | 16 | $5,459 | $6,632 | 89,422 | 39.00% | 17.00% | 17 to 1 |
| Idaho | 4 | $4,496 | $7,286 | 23,741 | 31.50% | 13.25% | 16 to 1 |
| Illinois | 50 | $9,096 | $11,451 | 283,415 | 34.00% | 20.17% | 19 to 1 |
| Indiana | 1 | $4,500 | $8,661 | 72,006 | 25.00% | 16.00% | 16 to 1 |
| Kansas | 25 | $4,746 | $5,513 | 78,663 | 40.64% | 23.35% | 16 to 1 |
| Kentucky | 17 | $4,383 | $14,823 | 77,674 | 35.94% | 10.56% | 19 to 1 |
| Louisiana | 16 | $4,046 | $7,559 | 68,151 | 26.67% | 15.00% | 23 to 1 |
| Massachusetts | 16 | $5,417 | $10,367 | 83,320 | 22.13% | 19.88% | 15 to 1 |
| Maryland | 16 | $6,913 | $9,306 | 115,747 | 23.31% | 22.94% | 16 to 1 |
| Maine | 7 | $3,765 | $6,723 | 16,612 | 32.14% | 14.71% | 15 to 1 |
| Michigan | 24 | $6,167 | $7,973 | 143,874 | 20.87% | 23.39% | 16 to 1 |
| Minnesota | 32 | $5,695 | $6,169 | 116,418 | 33.61% | 23.84% | 20 to 1 |
| Missouri | 17 | $6,050 | $7,562 | 86,113 | 42.00% | 15.79% | 15 to 1 |
| Mississippi | 16 | $3,372 | $5,618 | 72,025 | 37.47% | 17.29% | 20 to 1 |
| Montana | 10 | $3,809 | $6,856 | 7,948 | 27.80% | 14.33% | 12 to 1 |
| North Carolina | 58 | $2,448 | $8,239 | 218,668 | 33.21% | 19.06% | 13 to 1 |
| North Dakota | 5 | $4,707 | $5,294 | 7,327 | 36.00% | 15.50% | 15 to 1 |
| Nebraska | 9 | $3,699 | $4,294 | 40,229 | 32.11% | 16.00% | 12 to 1 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | $7,064 | $15,314 | 11,785 | 33.71% | 20.29% | 8 to 1 |
| New Jersey | 19 | $6,880 | $8,435 | 139,498 | 27.37% | 16.84% | 20 to 1 |
| New Mexico | 19 | $2,118 | $4,653 | 64,385 | 22.16% | 11.39% | 19 to 1 |
| New York | 37 | $6,557 | $10,712 | 286,475 | 29.84% | 18.03% | 19 to 1 |
| Ohio | 30 | $5,472 | $9,229 | 162,712 | 35.50% | 16.38% | 16 to 1 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | $4,387 | $7,099 | 65,741 | 43.86% | 13.36% | 18 to 1 |
| Oregon | 17 | $5,015 | $8,713 | 88,568 | 22.12% | 18.18% | 16 to 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | $10,012 | $13,422 | 121,515 | 30.61% | 22.53% | 16 to 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | $1,057 | $1,057 | 2,041 | 63.60% | 3.00% | 13 to 1 |
| Palau | 1 | $3,250 | $3,610 | 497 | 37.00% | 3.00% | 10 to 1 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $4,700 | $12,544 | 14,539 | 20.00% | 18.00% | 18 to 1 |
| South Carolina | 20 | $5,843 | $10,856 | 80,839 | 19.55% | 27.20% | 16 to 1 |
| South Dakota | 5 | $6,334 | $6,334 | 6,837 | 52.40% | 6.00% | 13 to 1 |
| Tennessee | 40 | $4,464 | $8,684 | 101,308 | 58.46% | 9.73% | 19 to 1 |
| Texas | 62 | $4,055 | $6,701 | 683,070 | 24.90% | 18.69% | 20 to 1 |
| Utah | 3 | $2,511 | $5,355 | 33,302 | 44.67% | 7.00% | 16 to 1 |
| Virginia | 24 | $5,026 | $11,353 | 164,062 | 33.79% | 11.13% | 20 to 1 |
| Vermont | 1 | $6,654 | $13,398 | 5,378 | 15.00% | 23.00% | 13 to 1 |
| Washington | 7 | $4,489 | $7,948 | 32,539 | 37.71% | 19.57% | 15 to 1 |
| Wisconsin | 17 | $4,584 | $6,368 | 90,551 | 40.31% | 11.36% | 13 to 1 |
| West Virginia | 12 | $4,414 | $7,569 | 16,821 | 47.08% | 10.75% | 14 to 1 |
| Wyoming | 7 | $4,135 | $10,075 | 20,022 | 38.43% | 17.86% | 14 to 1 |
