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 4 of 20Coastal Bend College
Beeville, Texas
Coastal Carolina Community College
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Coastal Pines Technical College
Waycross, Georgia
Coastline Community College
Fountain Valley, California
Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Coconino Community College
Flagstaff, Arizona
Coffeyville Community College
Coffeyville, Kansas
Colby Community College
Colby, Kansas
Colegio de Cinematografía Artes y Television
Bayamon, Puerto Rico
College of Alameda
Alameda, California
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
College of Eastern Idaho
Idaho Falls, Idaho
College of Lake County
Grayslake, Illinois
College of Marin
Kentfield, California
College of San Mateo
San Mateo, California
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, Maryland
College of the Albemarle
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita, California
College of the Desert
Palm Desert, California
College of the Mainland
Texas City, Texas
College of the Redwoods
Eureka, California
College of the Sequoias
Visalia, California
College of the Siskiyous
Weed, California
College of Western Idaho
Nampa, Idaho
Colorado Northwestern Community College
Rangely, Colorado
Columbia College
Sonora, California
Columbia College
Vienna, Virginia
Columbia Gorge Community College
The Dalles, Oregon
Columbia State Community College
Columbia, Tennessee
Columbia - Greene Community College
Hudson, New York
Columbus State Community College
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Technical College
Columbus, Georgia
Commonwealth Technical Institute
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Community Care College
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Community Christian College
Quartzsite, Arizona
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Community College of Aurora
Aurora, Colorado
Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland
Community College of Beaver County
Monaca, Pennsylvania
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, Rhode Island
Community College of Vermont
Montpelier, Vermont
Compton College
Compton, California
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain, Connecticut
Connors State College
Warner, Oklahoma
Contra Costa College
San Pablo, California
Copiah - Lincoln Community College
Wesson, Mississippi
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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