Chapel Hill, NC (April 23, 2020) PRNewswire
College Consensus, a unique college ratings website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, has published their ranking of the Best Online Community Colleges 2020.
To identify the Best Online Community Colleges 2020, College Consensus focused exclusively on regionally accredited, reputable institutions identified as community colleges or technical colleges. Editors researched the number of available online degrees, then added three further factors to rank:
- Web Presence
- Transparency about their offerings
- User-friendliness of the learning platforms
These three factors help students and their families determine whether the community college they are considering will have a real, qualitative impact on their careers and lives.
The Top 10 Community Colleges of 2020 are:
- Wake Technical Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Foothill College
- Coastline College
- Central Texas College
- Cowley County Community College
- Volunteer State Community College
- Hazard Community and Technical College
- Front Range Community College
- Harrisburg Area Community College
The full top 50 will be listed in alphabetical order at the end of this release.
"Community Colleges are known for being accessible and catering to literally ALL varieties of students," the editors of College Consensus explain; in fact, as they say, one can "think of Community Colleges as Post Secondary for the People." As the editors explain, "One primary contrast between community colleges and four year colleges and universities is the fact that everyone is admitted." Moreover, there are many reasons that students choose community college: "Community College Programs might interest someone working towards a specific career path. They might be required to take additional courses, achieve a vocational certificate, and/ or an associates degree to get there." In other cases, "Some students are not sure what they want to do, but know they are eventually trying to attend a four year school with the ultimate goal of walking away with a bachelor's degree."
For all of these diverse students and more, College Consensus is dedicated to helping students and their families make the right choice for them. "More and more, community colleges are trying to cater to the busy lifestyles of adult learners," the editors explain, "and, therefore, there are more and more community college online options." Whatever their goal, College Consensus wants to help students choose the online community college program that is right for them.
The Top 50 Online Community Colleges of 2020 (in alphabetical order) are:
- Anne Arundel Community College
- Bismark State College
- Bucks County Community College
- Central Texas College
- Chemeketa Community College
- Coastline College
- College of Southern Nevada
- Columbus State Community College
- Community College of Allegheny County
- Community College of Aurora
- Cowly County Community College
- Craven Community College
- Cuyahoga Community College
- Eastern Florida State College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Foothill College
- Frederick Community College
- Front Range Community College
- Georgia Northwestern Technical College
- Great Basin College
- Guilford Technical Community College
- Harrisburg Area Community College
- Hazard Community and Technical College
- Herkimer County Community College
- Hutchinson Community College
- Ivy Tech Community College
- Lake Superior College
- Laramie County Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Metropolitan Community College Area
- Minnesota State Community and Technical College
- Minnesota West Community and Technical College
- Northcentral Technical College
- Northeast Community College
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Northwest Mississippi Community College
- Odessa College
- Peninsula College
- Pitt Community College
- San Antonio College
- Shoreline Community College
- Sinclair Community College
- St. Phillips College
- Stark State College
- Tyler Junior College
- Volunteer State Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
- West Los Angeles College
- Western Wyoming Community College
- Westmoreland County Community College
College Consensus is an innovative approach to college rankings. We combine the latest results from the most respected college ranking systems with thousands of real student review scores. College Consensus also offers expert advice and guidance on all aspects of college life, from finding the perfect college, to getting accepted, paying for it, and finding your professional path after graduation.
SOURCE College Consensus