Top Berkshire County Community Colleges
- For the 2020 school year, there are 2 top community colleges in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, serving 2,559 students.
- The average community college acceptance rate in Massachusetts is 73% (view national acceptance rates).
- Minority enrollment is 19% of the student body (majority Hispanic and Black), and the student:teacher ratio is 17:1.
Top Berkshire County Community Colleges (2020)
- College Location Students
- Bard College at Simon's RockPrivate, non-profit84 Alford Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413)644-4400 329 students - 1350 West Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413)499-4660 2,230 students
Recent Articles
We continue to report on the ongoing saga in the California community college system. Schools are now opening for fall semester with fewer courses due to serious budget cuts, and students are feeling the academic pain.
The role of community colleges in the world of higher education has expanded over the years and, as the country works to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they may be more important now than ever. Read on to learn more about the changing role of community colleges.
Colleges across the country are struggling to recover from the massive upheaval to the 2019-20 semester wrought by COVID-19. Housing refunds and slashed budgets are bound to have long-term impacts for the institutions that survive. Some experts suggest community colleges may be the best equipped to ride out the storm and may have the greatest impact in helping America recover.
