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 2 of 20Big Sandy Community and Technical College
Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Bishop State Community College
Mobile, Alabama
Black Hawk College
Moline, Illinois
Black River Technical College
Pocahontas, Arkansas
Blackhawk Technical College
Janesville, Wisconsin
Bladen Community College
Dublin, North Carolina
Blinn College District
Brenham, Texas
Blue Mountain Community College
Pendleton, Oregon
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Community College
Weyers Cave, Virginia
Blue Ridge Community College
Flat Rock, North Carolina
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Lexington, Kentucky
Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, Louisiana
Bowling Green State University - Firelands
Huron, Ohio
BridgeValley Community & Technical College
South Charleston, West Virginia
Brightpoint Community College
Chester, Virginia
Bristol Community College
Fall River, Massachusetts
Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, New Jersey
Brookline College - Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
Brunswick Community College
Bolivia, North Carolina
Bucks County Community College
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston, Massachusetts
Butler Community College
El Dorado, Kansas
Butler County Community College
Butler, Pennsylvania
Butte College
Oroville, California
Cabrillo College
Aptos, California
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
Hudson, North Carolina
California Indian Nations College
Palm Desert, California
Camden County College
Blackwood, New Jersey
Canada College
Redwood City, California
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable, Massachusetts
Cape Fear Community College
Wilmington, North Carolina
Career Technical Institute
Washington, District of Columbia
Carl Albert State College
Poteau, Oklahoma
Carl Sandburg College
Galesburg, Illinois
Carroll Community College
Westminster, Maryland
Carteret Community College
Morehead City, North Carolina
Casper College
Casper, Wyoming
Catawba Valley Community College
Hickory, North Carolina
Cayuga County Community College
Auburn, New York
CBT Technology Institute - Hialeah
Hialeah, Florida
CBT Technology Institute - Main Campus
Miami, Florida
Cecil College
North East, Maryland
Central Alabama Community College
Alexander City, Alabama
Central Arizona College
Coolidge, Arizona
Central Carolina Community College
Sanford, North Carolina
Central Carolina Technical College
Sumter, South Carolina
Central Community College
Grand Island, Nebraska
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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