How Nassau, Suffolk Community Colleges Stack Up Against Nation's Best

WalletHub recently released their list of the best community colleges in the U.S. for 2017.

Both Nassau and Suffolk Community College didn't make the top 100 or even the top 200 in the U.S. Nassau was ranked No. 227 while Suffolk was ranked at No. 283.

In order to determine the best community colleges, WalletHub evaluated a total of 728 schools based on three dimensions: cost and financing, education outcomes and career outcomes.

According to WalletHub, each dimension had a total of 14 metrics which were graded on a scale out of 100. The metrics were then averaged to come up with a total score.

Read about the full methodology here.

The highest ranking school in New York State was Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in New York City which ranked No. 4 in the U.S.

The top spot went to Leech Lake Tribal College in Minnesota.

Check out the full list of the top 10 community colleges in the country below:

1. Leech Lake Tribal College (MN)
2. Cochise County Community College District (AZ)
3. Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (WI)
4. Stella and Charles Guttman Community College (NY)
5. Blackfeet Community College (MT)
6. Aaniiih Nakoda College (MT)
7. Ilisagvik College (AK)
8. Northern Oklahoma College (OK)
9. Mesalands Community College (NM)
10. Lake Area Technical Institute (SD)

Click here to see the full list.

WalletHub also ranked the states that had the best community college systems and the state of New York came in at No. 9.

What do you think? What improvements should Nassau/Suffolk Community College make?

Patch File Photos