Community College institutions in the United States
Community colleges are public, two-year institutions whose highest award is an associate degree or certificate, classified under the Carnegie associate-degree categories. This dataset includes 920 U.S. institutions classified as Community College under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, maintained by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, enrolling about 5,368,457 students in total.
Of these, 826 are public and 94 private. The largest by enrollment include Ivy Tech Community College, Lone Star College System, and Dallas College. Among institutions that report the figure, the median graduation rate is 37% and the median average net price is $8,169.
R1 vs R2 vs Doctoral/Professional
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, maintained by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation, sorts doctoral universities into these research tiers.
| Tier | Research activity | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | Very high research activity | Doctoral universities with the highest level of research activity, the top Carnegie research tier (e.g. Harvard, MIT, most flagship state universities). |
| R2 | High research activity | Doctoral universities with high research activity, the second Carnegie research tier, below R1 but above the doctoral/professional category. |
| Doctoral/Professional | Doctoral or professional-practice degrees | Universities that award research or professional-practice doctorates but fall below the research-activity thresholds for R1 or R2. |
920 institutions
Page 1 of 20Aiken Technical College
Graniteville, South Carolina
Aims Community College
Greeley, Colorado
Alamance Community College
Graham, North Carolina
Alaska Christian College
Soldotna, Alaska
Albany Technical College
Albany, Georgia
Alexandria Technical & Community College
Alexandria, Minnesota
Allan Hancock College
Santa Maria, California
Allegany College of Maryland
Cumberland, Maryland
Allen County Community College
Iola, Kansas
Alvin Community College
Alvin, Texas
Amarillo College
Amarillo, Texas
American River College
Sacramento, California
Angelina College
Lufkin, Texas
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, Maryland
Anoka Technical College
Anoka, Minnesota
Anoka - Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, Colorado
Arizona Western College
Yuma, Arizona
Arkansas Northeastern College
Blytheville, Arkansas
Arkansas State University Mid - South
West Memphis, Arkansas
Arkansas State University Three Rivers
Malvern, Arkansas
Arkansas State University - Beebe
Beebe, Arkansas
Arkansas State University - Mountain Home
Mountain Home, Arkansas
Arkansas State University - Newport
Newport, Arkansas
Asher College
Sacramento, California
Asheville - Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville, North Carolina
Ashland Community and Technical College
Ashland, Kentucky
Assumption College for Sisters
Denville, New Jersey
ATA College
El Cajon, California
Athens Technical College
Athens, Georgia
Atlanta Institute of Music and Media
Duluth, Georgia
Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing, New Jersey
Augusta Technical College
Augusta, Georgia
Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore, Maryland
Barstow Community College
Barstow, California
Barton County Community College
Great Bend, Kansas
Bates Technical College
Tacoma, Washington
Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bay de Noc Community College
Escanaba, Michigan
Beal University
Bangor, Maine
Beaufort County Community College
Washington, North Carolina
Belmont College
St Clairsville, Ohio
Bergen Community College
Paramus, New Jersey
Berkeley City College
Berkeley, California
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Bevill State Community College
Jasper, Alabama
Big Bend Community College
Moses Lake, Washington
Frequently asked questions
- What is a Community College institution under the Carnegie Classification?
- Community colleges are public, two-year institutions whose highest award is an associate degree or certificate, classified under the Carnegie associate-degree categories. This dataset tracks 920 of them in the United States.
- What are the largest Community College in the U.S.?
- By total enrollment, the largest are Ivy Tech Community College, Lone Star College System, Dallas College, NVCC, and Houston Community College.
- What is the typical graduation rate and net price for these institutions?
- The median graduation rate among institutions that report one is 37%, and the median average net price is $8,169. Figures come from IPEDS and College Scorecard.
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Data: IPEDS Fall 2025–26 provisional · College Scorecard (June 2026 release). All sources & release dates →
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