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 5 of 20Copper Mountain Community College
Joshua Tree, California
Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas
De Queen, Arkansas
Cosumnes River College
Sacramento, California
County College of Morris
Randolph, New Jersey
Cowley County Community College
Arkansas City, Kansas
Crafton Hills College
Yucaipa, California
Craven Community College
New Bern, North Carolina
Crowder College
Neosho, Missouri
Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo, California
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York, New York
CUNY Bronx Community College
Bronx, New York
CUNY Hostos Community College
Bronx, New York
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn, New York
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, New York
CUNY Queensborough Community College
Bayside, New York
CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College
New York, New York
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland, Ohio
Cuyamaca College
El Cajon, California
Dakota College at Bottineau
Bottineau, North Dakota
Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount, Minnesota
Dallas College
Dallas, Texas
Danville Area Community College
Danville, Illinois
Danville Community College
Danville, Virginia
Davidson - Davie Community College
Thomasville, North Carolina
Davis College
Toledo, Ohio
Dawson Community College
Glendive, Montana
De Anza College
Cupertino, California
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas
Delaware County Community College
Media, Pennsylvania
Delgado Community College
New Orleans, Louisiana
Delta College
University Center, Michigan
Denmark Technical College
Denmark, South Carolina
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, Iowa
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, California
Dodge City Community College
Dodge City, Kansas
Durham Technical Community College
Durham, North Carolina
Dutchess Community College
Poughkeepsie, New York
Dyersburg State Community College
Dyersburg, Tennessee
East Arkansas Community College
Forrest City, Arkansas
East Central College
Union, Missouri
East Central Community College
Decatur, Mississippi
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, California
East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, Mississippi
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher, Arizona
Eastern Gateway Community College
Steubenville, Ohio
Eastern Iowa Community College District
Davenport, Iowa
Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College
Ruidoso, New Mexico
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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