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 9 of 20John A Logan College
Carterville, Illinois
John C Calhoun State Community College
Tanner, Alabama
John Wood Community College
Quincy, Illinois
Johnson College
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, Kansas
Johnston Community College
Smithfield, North Carolina
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, Illinois
Jones County Junior College
Ellisville, Mississippi
Jones Technical Institute
Jacksonville, Florida
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee, Illinois
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City, Kansas
Kapiolani Community College
Honolulu, Hawaii
Kaskaskia College
Centralia, Illinois
Kauai Community College
Lihue, Hawaii
Kellogg Community College
Battle Creek, Michigan
Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield, Maine
Kilgore College
Kilgore, Texas
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Kirtland Community College
Grayling, Michigan
Kishwaukee College
Malta, Illinois
Klamath Community College
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Labette Community College
Parsons, Kansas
Lake Area Technical College
Watertown, South Dakota
Lake Land College
Mattoon, Illinois
Lake Region State College
Devils Lake, North Dakota
Lake Superior College
Duluth, Minnesota
Lake Tahoe Community College
South Lake Tahoe, California
Lakeland Community College
Kirtland, Ohio
Lakes Region Community College
Laconia, New Hampshire
Lakeshore Technical College
Cleveland, Wisconsin
Lamar Community College
Lamar, Colorado
Lamar Institute of Technology
Beaumont, Texas
Lamar State College - Orange
Orange, Texas
Lamar State College - Port Arthur
Port Arthur, Texas
Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon
Laney College
Oakland, California
Lanier Technical College
Gainesville, Georgia
Lansdale School of Business
North Wales, Pennsylvania
Lansing Community College
Lansing, Michigan
Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Las Positas College
Livermore, California
Lassen Community College
Susanville, California
Laurel Business Institute
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Laurel Ridge Community College
Middletown, Virginia
Laurel Technical Institute
Hermitage, Pennsylvania
Lawson State Community College
Birmingham, Alabama
Lee College
Baytown, Texas
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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