Community colleges (formerly known as junior colleges) have become more attractive since the “America’s College Promise” program was announced in 2015. In some states, the program covers tuition, textbooks, transportation, as well as room and board for those wishing to live on campus. College Promise is now available in states like Indiana, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, and Delaware to name a few.
Just in time for the back-to-school season, WalletHub, which bills itself as an artificially intelligent (AI) financial advisor, has published a list of the best and worst community colleges.
According to the report, states with the best community college systems include South Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, Arkansas, Maryland, New York, Wyoming, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
To determine the best and worst community college systems, the study looked at a sample of 710 institutions and 19 key metrics. For a state-by-state analysis, they calculated a weighted average of the scores earned by community colleges in each state and the number of students enrolled in each school.
WalletHub collected data from the National Center for Education Statistics, CNBC, U.S. Department of Education, Council for Community & Economic Research and College Measures.
1 State Technical College of Missouri (MO)
2 Arkansas State University-Mountain Home (AR)
3 Southern Arkansas University Tech (AR)
4 San Joaquin Delta College (CA)
5 Pierce College-Puyallup (WA)
6 Minnesota State Community and Technical College (MN)
7 Alexandria Technical & Community College (MN)
8 Mitchell Technical Institute (SD)
9 Northland Community and Technical College (MN)
10 Columbia-Greene Community College (NY)
Click here to read more about 2019’s States with the Best & Worst Community-College Systems
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