Montco Community College Named Among Best Colleges In PA

BLUE BELL, PA — Montgomery County Community College has been named among the best community colleges in the state in a new study.

The Schools.com ranking places Montco third in the Keystone State, judging it based on factors like transfer rate, graduates who go on to complete degrees and certificate programs, and cost of attendance.

Montco trailed only Butler Community College in first and Bucks County Community College in second.

"Students at Montgomery County Community College graduate at a relatively high rate — good for the No. 3 spot on the list — and the Whitpain Township school stands in a four-way tie with other online schools in Pennsylvania at No. 5 for its rate of distance education enrollment. Students also stay in school for the long haul — MC3 is tied for one other school in the list for second place in retention ranking. Cost of tuition and books and supplied landed the college square in the middle of our study."

Data for the study came from government sources. Other factors analyzed included affordability, flexibility, graduation rate, retention rate, and other similar statistics.

See the full study here.

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