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
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Dobson, North Carolina
Sussex County Community College
Newton, New Jersey
Taft College
Taft, California
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, Texas
Taylor Business Institute
Chicago, Illinois
Technical College of the Lowcountry
Beaufort, South Carolina
Temple College
Temple, Texas
Terra State Community College
Fremont, Ohio
Texarkana College
Texarkana, Texas
Texas Southmost College
Brownsville, Texas
Texas State Technical College
Waco, Texas
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Three Rivers College
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, Virginia
Tillamook Bay Community College
Tillamook, Oregon
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Dryden, New York
Treasure Valley Community College
Ontario, Oregon
Tri - County Community College
Murphy, North Carolina
Tri - County Technical College
Pendleton, South Carolina
Triangle Tech Inc - Dubois
Falls Creek, Pennsylvania
Triangle Tech Inc - Greensburg
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Triangle Tech Inc - Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Triangle Tech Inc - Sunbury
Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Trident Technical College
Charleston, South Carolina
Trinidad State College
Trinidad, Colorado
Trinity Valley Community College
Athens, Texas
Triton College
River Grove, Illinois
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, Oklahoma
UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey
Cranford, New Jersey
Ulster County Community College
Stone Ridge, New York
Umpqua Community College
Roseburg, Oregon
University of Akron Wayne College
Orrville, Ohio
University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain
Mena, Arkansas
University of Arkansas Community College - Batesville
Batesville, Arkansas
University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton
Morrilton, Arkansas
University of Arkansas Hope - Texarkana
Hope, Arkansas
University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College
North Little Rock, Arkansas
University of New Mexico - Gallup Campus
Gallup, New Mexico
University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus
Los Alamos, New Mexico
University of New Mexico - Taos Campus
Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
University of New Mexico - Valencia County Campus
Los Lunas, New Mexico
University of Pittsburgh - Titusville
Titusville, Pennsylvania
University of South Carolina - Lancaster
Lancaster, South Carolina
University of South Carolina - Salkehatchie
Allendale, South Carolina
University of South Carolina - Sumter
Sumter, South Carolina
University of South Carolina - Union
Union, South Carolina
Valley Forge Military College
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Vance - Granville Community College
Henderson, North Carolina
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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