BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland has the second-best community college system in the U.S., according to a new study from WalletHub.
With Americans struggling financially due to rising inflation and a year of community college nearly three times less expensive than a year at a public four-year college, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2022’s Best & Worst Community Colleges, coupled with its state-by-state ranking of the Best & Worst Community-College Systems.
To determine where students can receive the best education at the cheapest rates, WalletHub compared more than 650 community colleges across 19 key indicators of cost and quality. The data set ranges from the cost of in-state tuition and fees to student-faculty ratio to graduation rate.
| States with the Best Community-College Systems | |
| 1. Connecticut | 11. Colorado |
| 2. Maryland | 12. Kansas |
| 3. New Mexico | 13. Tennessee |
| 4. Washington | 14. South Dakota |
| 5. Hawaii | 15. Michigan |
| 6. Wisconsin | 16. Iowa |
| 7. Minnesota | 17. California |
| 8. Wyoming | 18. Nebraska |
| 9. North Dakota | 19. New York |
| 10. Oregon | 20. New Hampshire |
The full WalletHub report on individual schools is available here. The full report on statewide schools systems is available here.
Additional information can be found in the video below.
