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 12 of 20Moorpark College
Moorpark, California
Moraine Park Technical College
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills, Illinois
Moreno Valley College
Moreno Valley, California
Morgan Community College
Fort Morgan, Colorado
Morton College
Cicero, Illinois
Motlow State Community College
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Mott Community College
Flint, Michigan
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner, Massachusetts
Mountain Empire Community College
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Mountain Gateway Community College
Clifton Forge, Virginia
Mountwest Community and Technical College
Huntington, West Virginia
Mt Hood Community College
Gresham, Oregon
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut, California
Mt San Jacinto Community College District
San Jacinto, California
MTI College
Sacramento, California
Murray State College
Tishomingo, Oklahoma
Muskegon Community College
Muskegon, Michigan
Napa Valley College
Napa, California
Nash Community College
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Nashua Community College
Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashville State Community College
Nashville, Tennessee
Nassau Community College
Garden City, New York
National Career College
Panorama City, California
National Park College
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Navarro College
Corsicana, Texas
Neosho County Community College
Chanute, Kansas
New Castle School of Trades
New Castle, Pennsylvania
New Mexico Junior College
Hobbs, New Mexico
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell, New Mexico
New Mexico State University - Alamogordo
Alamogordo, New Mexico
New Mexico State University - Dona Ana
Las Cruces, New Mexico
New Mexico State University - Grants
Grants, New Mexico
New River Community and Technical College
Beaver, West Virginia
New River Community College
Dublin, Virginia
NHTI - Concord's Community College
Concord, New Hampshire
Niagara County Community College
Sanborn, New York
Nicolet Area Technical College
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Norco College
Norco, California
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, Minnesota
North Arkansas College
Harrison, Arkansas
North Central Michigan College
Petoskey, Michigan
North Central Missouri College
Trenton, Missouri
North Central State College
Mansfield, Ohio
North Central Texas College
Gainesville, Texas
North Country Community College
Saranac Lake, New York
North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton, North Dakota
North Georgia Technical College
Clarkesville, Georgia
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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