From TIME · Olivia B. Waxman · · 1m 30s
TIME and Statista rank America's 250 best community colleges
A new ranking of top community colleges comes as enrollment grows and workforce training expands under new federal support.
In brief
A new ranking of top community colleges comes as enrollment grows and workforce training expands under new federal support. TIME and Statista released a ranked list of the top two hundred fifty community colleges out of approximately one thousand one hundred in the U.S., as enrollment rises and federal support for…
TIME and Statista rank top community colleges
TIME and data firm Statista released a report card on the best community colleges, an unranked list of the top two hundred fifty schools out of approximately one thousand one hundred community colleges in the…
Enrollment is growing as federal support expands
Community college enrollment is growing. In the two thousand twenty-four to two thousand twenty-five academic year, students aged eighteen to twenty made up the largest share of first-time associate degree earners for the first time…
Pell grants now cover workforce training
Pell grants are now available to students doing workforce training at community colleges under President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, expanding federal support for career preparation at these institutions.
How the ranking was determined
Schools had to be financially solvent, public and accredited associate colleges enrolling more than one hundred students and offering two year degrees in the fifty U.S.states or Washington, D.C.
Community colleges expand into semiconductor training
Community colleges are expanding their offerings in the era of AI. Austin Community College in Austin, Texas and West Valley College in Saratoga, California offer certificates to prepare students to enter the semiconductor industry as…
The big picture
TIME and Statista released a ranked list of the top two hundred fifty community colleges out of approximately one thousand one hundred in the U.S., as enrollment rises and federal support for workforce training expands.
