Florida Community Colleges Among Best In U.S.: Study

TAMPA, FL — Floridians considering the cost-saving benefits community colleges may offer have reason to celebrate. The Sunshine State’s two-year college system was recently named among the very best in the country.

The analysis that found Florida community colleges are among the best of the best was performed by the number crunchers at WalletHub. Analysts looked metrics related to cost and financing, education outcomes and career outcomes to rank state community college systems. A total of 14 key metrics were taken into account to create the ranking that focused on systems across the country.

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When the analysts at the website dedicated to all things personal finance completed their study, South Dakota’s community college system ranked the best in the country. Alaska and Washington came in second and third places, respectively. The Sunshine State earned number four standings followed by Wisconsin in rounding out the top five.

Pennsylvania came in 44th-place (last) with South Carolina in 43rd. Delaware, Indiana, Nevada, Rhode Island, Utah and Vermont were not ranked.

Data included in the study was pulled from such sources as the National Center for Education Statistics, the Council for Community and Economic Research and College Measures. More information about the methodology can be found on WalletHub.

To check out the full study, visit WalletHub online.

The website also created a ranking for the best and worst community colleges across the country. The results of that study can be found on WalletHub.

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