Average Community College Completion Rates for First-Time, Full-Time Students
The national average community college completion rates for first-time, full-time students is approximately 35% (2021).
For public community colleges, the average community college completion rates for first-time, full-time students is approximately 25%.
For private community colleges, the average community college completion rates for first-time, full-time students is approximately 57%.
Average Community College Completion Rates for First-Time, Full-Time Students (2021)
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StateAverage Completion Rates Colleges with Highest Completion Rates
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Alabama
17%
Remington College-Mobile Campus (57%)Fortis College-Mobile (55%)Fortis College-Montgomery (46%)Snead State Community College (32%)Northeast Alabama Community College (29%)Top AL Schools
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Arizona
18%
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (83%)Pima Medical Institute-Tucson (71%)Carrington College-Phoenix (71%)Pima Medical Institute-Mesa (70%)Fortis College-Phoenix (64%)Top AZ Schools
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Arkansas
24%
Remington College-Little Rock Campus (66%)Southern Arkansas University Tech (41%)Arkansas State University-Beebe (39%)Arkansas State University-Newport (32%)University of Arkansas Community College-Hope (31%)Top AR Schools
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California
29%
Advanced College (93%)American University of Health Sciences (84%)Los Angeles Film School (83%)CBD College (81%)Los Angeles ORT College-Van Nuys Campus (81%)Top CA Schools
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Colorado
40%
Colorado School of Trades (90%)Colorado School of Healing Arts (85%)IBMC College (78%)Pima Medical Institute-Denver (72%)Everest College-Aurora (64%)Top CO Schools
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Connecticut
13%
St Vincent's College (100%)Asnuntuck Community College (29%)Goodwin College (27%)Quinebaug Valley Community College (19%)Manchester Community College (Manchester - 6040) (16%)Top CT Schools
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Florida
59%
College of Business and Technology-Kendall (96%)College of Business and Technology-Flagler (90%)Centura Institute (89%)Cambridge Institute of Health & Technology (88%)Florida College of Natural Health-Maitland (86%)Top FL Schools
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Georgia
29%
Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee (86%)Brown College of Court Reporting (67%)Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Atlanta (66%)Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service (66%)Sanford-Brown College-Atlanta (56%)Top GA Schools
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Hawaii
15%
Hawaii Community College (21%)Kapiolani Community College (20%)Kauai Community College (18%)Honolulu Community College (15%)Leeward Community College (14%)Top HI Schools
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Idaho
19%
Carrington College-Boise (70%)College of Eastern Idaho (51%)College of Southern Idaho (19%)North Idaho College (19%)College of Western Idaho (9%)Top ID Schools
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Illinois
25%
Frontier Community College (72%)Fox College (71%)Morrison Institute of Technology (68%)Gem City College (67%)Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park (61%)Top IL Schools
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Indiana
58%
Alexandria School of Scientific Therapeutics (85%)MedTech College-Greenwood Campus (79%)International Business College-Indianapolis (74%)MedTech College (59%)Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis (56%)Top IN Schools
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Iowa
28%
St Luke's College (100%)Northwest Iowa Community College (54%)Iowa Lakes Community College (48%)Brown Mackie College-Quad Cities (47%)North Iowa Area Community College (41%)Top IA Schools
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Kansas
36%
Pinnacle Career Institute-Lawrence (75%)North Central Kansas Technical College (71%)Salina Area Technical College (65%)Northwest Kansas Technical College (61%)Manhattan Area Technical College (57%)Top KS Schools
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Kentucky
29%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville (63%)ATA College (51%)MedTech College-Lexington Campus (45%)Brown Mackie College-Louisville (40%)West Kentucky Community and Technical College (37%)Top KY Schools
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Louisiana
47%
Court Reporting Institute of Louisiana (100%)Blue Cliff College-Houma (93%)Baton Rouge School of Computers (93%)Blue Cliff College-Lafayette (89%)Northshore Technical College-Florida Parishes Branch Campus (82%)Top LA Schools
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Maine
27%
Maine College of Health Professions (50%)Northern Maine Community College (39%)Washington County Community College (32%)Kennebec Valley Community College (27%)Beal College (27%)Top ME Schools
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Maryland
21%
Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia (62%)TESST College of Technology-Baltimore (40%)TESST College of Technology-Towson (36%)Kaplan University-Hagerstown Campus (35%)TESST College of Technology-Beltsville (34%)Top MD Schools
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Massachusetts
18%
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing (100%)FINE Mortuary College (100%)Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Cambridge (63%)Salter College-West Boylston (63%)Urban College of Boston (57%)Top MA Schools
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Michigan
14%
Alpena Community College (35%)Gogebic Community College (34%)Glen Oaks Community College (26%)Southwestern Michigan College (20%)West Shore Community College (20%)Top MI Schools
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Minnesota
30%
Minneapolis Business College (84%)Institute of Production and Recording (62%)Alexandria Technical & Community College (58%)Dunwoody College of Technology (54%)Minnesota West Community and Technical College (50%)Top MN Schools
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Mississippi
27%
Blue Cliff College-Gulfport (75%)East Mississippi Community College (33%)Meridian Community College (31%)Itawamba Community College (31%)Jones County Junior College (30%)Top MS Schools
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Missouri
39%
Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences (100%)Metro Business College-Cape Girardeau (81%)Pinnacle Career Institute-North Kansas City (78%)Midwest Institute (73%)Concorde Career College-Kansas City (73%)Top MO Schools
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Montana
19%
Miles Community College (38%)City College at Montana State University-Billings (28%)Flathead Valley Community College (24%)Dawson Community College (24%)Helena College University of Montana (19%)Top MT Schools
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Nebraska
33%
Universal College of Healing Arts (100%)Myotherapy Institute (86%)Northeast Community College (46%)Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (44%)Mid-Plains Community College (33%)Top NE Schools
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Nevada
54%
Everest College-Henderson (59%)Career College of Northern Nevada (59%)Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas (54%)Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Las Vegas (54%)Truckee Meadows Community College (28%)Top NV Schools
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New Hampshire
22%
White Mountains Community College (48%)Lakes Region Community College (27%)Nashua Community College (23%)NHTI-Concord's Community College (22%)River Valley Community College (19%)Top NH Schools
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New Jersey
19%
Eastern International College-Jersey City (89%)Eastern International College- Belleville Campus (84%)Eastwick College-Ramsey (76%)Ocean County College (30%)County College of Morris (27%)Top NJ Schools
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New Mexico
13%
Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque (66%)Mesalands Community College (44%)New Mexico Military Institute (35%)Brookline College-Albuquerque (28%)New Mexico Junior College (25%)Top NM Schools
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New York
27%
Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing (100%)Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing (100%)Belanger School of Nursing (100%)Memorial School of Nursing (100%)Montefiore School of Nursing (100%)Top NY Schools
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North Carolina
16%
King's College (70%)Living Arts College (54%)Carolinas College of Health Sciences (50%)Miller-Motte College-Greenville (41%)Miller-Motte College-Cary (32%)Top NC Schools
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North Dakota
35%
Lake Region State College (41%)North Dakota State College of Science (39%)Williston State College (35%)Bismarck State College (32%)Dakota College at Bottineau (24%)Top ND Schools
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Ohio
31%
National College-Columbus (100%)Ohio Technical College-PowerSport Institute (77%)Bradford School (Columbus) (75%)National College-Dayton (75%)Ohio Technical College (73%)Top OH Schools
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Oklahoma
23%
Clary Sage College (69%)Community Care College (66%)Career Point College (Tulsa) (66%)Platt College-Tulsa (65%)Platt College-Central OKC (61%)Top OK Schools
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Oregon
19%
Carrington College-Portland (67%)Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Portland (64%)Concorde Career College-Portland (50%)Everest College-Portland (37%)Tillamook Bay Community College (29%)Top OR Schools
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Pennsylvania
54%
Penn Commercial BusinessTechnical School (90%)Dean Institute of Technology (90%)Triangle Tech Inc-Greensburg (90%)Bidwell Training Center Inc (85%)Pace Institute (83%)Top PA Schools
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South Carolina
12%
Centura College-Columbia (92%)Forrest College (55%)Clinton College (53%)Spartanburg Methodist College (43%)Miller-Motte Technical College-Charleston (39%)Top SC Schools
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Tennessee
30%
William Moore College of Technology (89%)Remington College-Memphis Campus (81%)Daymar Institute-Murfreesboro (68%)Chattanooga College Medical Dental and Technical Careers (65%)Kaplan College-Nashville (65%)Top TN Schools
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Texas
21%
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions (100%)International Business College-El Paso (El Paso - 79907) (87%)International Business College-El Paso (El Paso - 79912) (81%)Southwest University at El Paso (77%)Texas School of Business-North Houston Campus (74%)Top TX Schools
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Utah
56%
Mountainland Applied Technology College (87%)Ameritech College of Healthcare (81%)Uintah Basin Applied Technology College (74%)Latter-Day Saints Business College (71%)Eagle Gate College-Layton (58%)Top UT Schools
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Virginia
30%
Career Training Solutions (95%)Medtech Institute (79%)Advanced Technology Institute (74%)Centura College-Richmond Main (73%)Centura College-Newport News (69%)Top VA Schools
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Washington
31%
Interface College-Spokane (86%)Pima Medical Institute-Renton (72%)Everest College-Everett (71%)Pima Medical Institute-Seattle (69%)Everest College-Tacoma (68%)Top WA Schools
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West Virginia
29%
Carver Career Center (93%)Mountain State College (82%)West Virginia Junior College-Bridgeport (66%)Valley College-Martinsburg (61%)West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown (61%)Top WV Schools
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Wisconsin
32%
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College (53%)Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (51%)Lakeshore Technical College (45%)Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (42%)Fox Valley Technical College (35%)Top WI Schools
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Wyoming
28%
Wyotech-Laramie (78%)Western Wyoming Community College (53%)Northwest College (37%)Sheridan College (29%)Eastern Wyoming College (28%)Top WY Schools
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