Best & Worst Community Colleges by State

Community college has always been a great alternative to a four year college by being nearly three times less expensive than a year at that public four-year college. WalletHub released its report of the Best & Worst Community-College Systems.

We will be looking at the top ten and bottom five states

For top ten we see:

1. Wyoming

2. Washington

3. Maryland

4. Hawaii

5. Connecticut

6. New Mexico

7. New York

8. California

9. Arkansas

10. South Dakota

Nines states didn't take place in this test. Those states were, Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Nevada, Rhode Island, Utah, and Vermont.

For the bottom 5 we see:

37. South Carolina

38. Pennsylvania

39. Alabama

40. Mississippi

41. Ohio

To get this information WalletHub compared more than 650 community colleges across 18 key indicators of cost and quality. Hopefully this can help you decide on where to go in the up coming years.

Iowa ranked 21st and Illinois ranked 35th.