Top 25 Community Colleges Tuition Comparison

A community college is a primarily two-year public institution providing lower-level tertiary education, also known as continuing education. It grants certificates, diplomas, and/or associate degrees. After graduating from a community college, most students transfer to a four-year liberal arts college or university for two to three years to complete a bachelor's degree.Junior colleges, technical colleges, two-year colleges, or city colleges also refers to the community college.
Here, we introduce the 2023 Top 25 Community Colleges and compare them with admission and tuition information. Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health ranks first in Top 25 Community Colleges ranking and University of Pittsburgh-Titusville is placed in second. (Ranking data from College Evaluator)

Academic Comparison Between Top 25 Community Colleges

Top 25 Community Colleges Comparison
Colleges ranked in the Top 25 Community Colleges are public schools. Total 253,995 students are attending the Top 25 Community Colleges where Mt San Antonio College is the largest with 25,540 students and University of Pittsburgh-Titusville is the smallest with 33 students.
The average graduation rate is 39.79% and the average students to faculty ratio is 17.16:1 at those colleges.
The following table compares the key academic facts between the Top 25 Community Colleges with acceptance rate, SAT scores, graduation rates, student population, and students to faculty ratio.
Table. Top 25 Community Colleges Admission & Tuition Comparison
RankNameIn-State TuitionOut-of-State TuitionGraduation RatePopulationStudent-Faculty Ratio
1Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health
Los Angeles, CA
$5,050$5,050-1807:1
2University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
Titusville, PA
$11,918$22,21023%333:1
3De Anza College
Cupertino, CA
$1,562$11,50769%16,70627:1
4Montgomery College
Rockville, MD
$10,254$14,03429%17,28416:1
5Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, CA
$1,312$9,01247%17,12324:1
6Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa, CA
$1,202$8,76244%16,77926:1
7College of San Mateo
San Mateo, CA
$1,376$9,49641%6,89418:1
8William Rainey Harper College
Palatine, IL
$9,942$11,75438%12,01516:1
9Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA
$1,150$9,81446%17,39225:1
10Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
Wooster, OH
$8,998$33,23546%49014:1
11Shoreline Community College
Shoreline, WA
$4,256$7,08229%4,84312:1
12Ohlone College
Fremont, CA
$1,202$7,17852%8,26724:1
13College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita, CA
$1,162$9,32242%15,44323:1
14Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI
$4,867$7,01817%11,8289:1
15Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA
$1,312$9,01236%7,85922:1
16NHTI-Concord's Community College
Concord, NH
$7,200$15,45027%2,8878:1
17Frederick Community College
Frederick, MD
$7,444$9,84429%5,38916:1
18Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Lancaster, PA
$8,450$8,45059%1,20714:1
19Moorpark College
Moorpark, CA
$1,398$8,14644%12,70928:1
20Riverside City College
Riverside, CA
$1,420$10,00034%17,96023:1
21Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA
$1,318$9,31036%14,96717:1
22Pamlico Community College
Grantsboro, NC
$1,867$6,47582%3073:1
23CUNY Bronx Community College
Bronx, NY
$5,206$8,08622%7,26516:1
24Mt San Antonio College
Walnut, CA
$1,352$10,09641%25,54021:1
25Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY
$6,330$12,13022%12,62817:1
Average$4,302$10,89939.79%253,995 (Total)17.16:1