With Americans struggling financially due to high 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 today released its report on 2023’s Best & Worst Community Colleges, with Montgomery College coming in #10 in the country out of over 650 schools included. Last year, Montgomery College was ranked 7th in the country.
Montgomery College was officially founded in 1946 as Montgomery Junior College. The earliest start date that can be contributed to Montgomery College is October 15, 1893, when the Bliss Electrical School began. Bliss was absorbed by the current college in 1950 and became the electrical program for the school. The college has three campuses; Germantown, Rockville (largest campus), and Takoma Park/Silver Spring.
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.
| Top 20 Community Colleges | ||
| 1. State Technical College of Missouri (MO) | 11. Mitchell Technical College (SD) | |
| 2. Manhattan Area Technical College (KS) | 12. Santa Fe Community College (NM) | |
| 3. Northwest Iowa Community College (IA) | 13. Central New Mexico Community College (NM) | |
| 4. Mt. Hood Community College (OR) | 14. Howard Community College (MD) | |
| 5. Alexandria Technical & Community College (MN) | 15. Pasadena City College (CA) | |
| 6. College of San Mateo (CA) | 16. San Juan College (NM) | |
| 7. Clackamas Community College (OR) | 17. St. Cloud Technical and Community College (MN) | |
| 8. Manchester Community College (CT) | 18. Pratt Community College (KS) | |
| 9. Asnuntuck Community College (CT) | 19. Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NE) | |
| 10. Montgomery College (MD) | 20. Three Rivers Community College (CT) | |
To read the full report, please visit https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-community-colleges/15076