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 7 of 20Gateway Technical College
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Gavilan College
Gilroy, California
Generations College
Chicago, Illinois
Genesee Community College
Batavia, New York
George C Wallace Community College - Dothan
Dothan, Alabama
George C Wallace State Community College - Hanceville
Hanceville, Alabama
George C Wallace State Community College - Selma
Selma, Alabama
Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome, Georgia
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston, Georgia
Georgia State University - Perimeter College
Atlanta, Georgia
Germanna Community College
Locust Grove, Virginia
Glen Oaks Community College
Centreville, Michigan
Glendale Community College
Glendale, Arizona
Glendale Community College
Glendale, California
Gogebic Community College
Ironwood, Michigan
Golden West College
Huntington Beach, California
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grayson College
Denison, Texas
Great Bay Community College
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Great Falls College Montana State University
Great Falls, Montana
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Greenville Technical College
Greenville, South Carolina
Grossmont College
El Cajon, California
Guam Community College
Mangilao, Guam
Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown, North Carolina
Gwinnett College - Lilburn
Lilburn, Georgia
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville, Georgia
H Councill Trenholm State Community College
Montgomery, Alabama
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, Maryland
Halifax Community College
Weldon, North Carolina
Harcum College
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Harford Community College
Bel Air, Maryland
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Hartnell College
Salinas, California
Hawaii Community College
Hilo, Hawaii
Hawkeye Community College
Waterloo, Iowa
Haywood Community College
Clyde, North Carolina
Hazard Community and Technical College
Hazard, Kentucky
Heartland Community College
Normal, Illinois
Helena College University of Montana
Helena, Montana
Henderson Community College
Henderson, Kentucky
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Herkimer County Community College
Herkimer, New York
Highland Community College
Highland, Kansas
Highland Community College
Freeport, Illinois
Highlands College of Montana Tech
Butte, Montana
Hill College
Hillsboro, Texas
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, Florida
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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