BestColleges

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

He completed his last required course — Spanish II — at Hillsborough Community College before transferring his credits back to Miami Dade College, so he could graduate with his brothers, behind the walls of Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami.

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BestColleges

JULY 16, 2024

Americans have more faith in community colleges than in four-year institutions. In 2015, those figures were almost the opposite: 56% were confident, and 11% weren't. Independents demonstrate a similar trajectory, down from 48% in 2015 to 35% today. And 41% of undergraduates are in community colleges.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 8, 2024

30 showing that the overall rate of students completing college within six years has stalled for the incoming 2017 fall cohort at 62.2%, unchanged since the 2015 cohort. For students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), the six-year college completion rate has stalled or declined, according to the report.

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BestColleges

MARCH 10, 2023

That program includes $1,500 annual grants for students to attend community colleges, $2,000 for regional universities, and $3,000 for research universities. That program includes $1,500 annual grants for community colleges, $2,000 for regional universities, and $3,000 at research universities, according to OKCollegeStart.org.

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BestColleges

APRIL 14, 2023

The last-dollar Tennessee Promise scholarship program covers tuition and fees at community and technical colleges and saw a record number of applicants last year. Tennessee's free community college scholarship program continues to spur students to higher education, new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) data shows.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Black and Latino/a students ages 25 and older, enrolled part time, or attending community college consistently have lower-than-average completion rates. College completion rates are on the rise. The same is true for Black and Latino/a community college students.

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EAB

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Americans’ Confidence in Higher Education Continues to Fall Trends in Public Trust Between 2015 to 2023, Gallup While it may not be the only factor contributing to declining confidence in higher education, you cannot ignore the impact of the skyrocketing cost of tuition.

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BestColleges

MARCH 26, 2024

The need for AI literacy in job listings has increased five times since 2015. The college plans to launch at all campuses in fall 2025 but must complete several shared governance steps and win approval from the board of trustees.

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BestColleges

JUNE 7, 2024

A new report found that a majority of eligible California college students do not receive CalFresh benefits. Only 30% of eligible community college students, 22% of eligible UC undergraduates, and 29% of eligible UC graduate students were enrolled in CalFresh in fall 2019. However, the version given to CCC students does not.

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Tex Admissions

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Public Service Announcement: Enrolling at Austin Community College (ACC) does not improve your UT transfer chances. Navigating the college admissions process, especially as a transfer, can sometimes feel like crawling around in the dark. Fall 2015 saw a slight dip in transfer applicants at 8,197 admitting 3,499 students.

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Educated Quest

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But the acceptance rate also dropped from a high of 30 percent in 2015-16 to 19 percent in 2021-22. No less than 43 percent of accepted students decided to deposit, impressive for any university of any size. Those who can get in want to stay. Freshman retention has never gone below 95 percent over the past two decades.

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Admissions Madness

JULY 30, 2022

A typical year abroad may cost anywhere from a little bit more than a year at community college to less than the cost of attending your local public university. We all met in 2015 in Quetzaltenango (Xela) in Western Guatemala at the Spanish school Proyecto Linguistico Quetzalteco (PLQE).

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Tex Admissions

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In August 2015, I enrolled at San Antonio’s St. Philip’s College, a two-year institution, to pursue a Biomedical Engineering and Technology Associate’s. College of Natural Sciences Nutrition Admit 3.87 GPA - ACC I enrolled at Austin Community College on my parent’s advice. Liberal Arts Geography 3.65

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These grants can be used to pay for four-year colleges and universities, two-year institutions otherwise known as community colleges, or accredited career programs. [7]. The most recently available financial aid data from NCES reveals that during the 2015-2016 academic year: Note Reference [5]. Financial Aid by Sex.

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BestColleges

JUNE 20, 2023

The bill would make President Biden's call for free community college for all a reality. Supporters in Congress would take this one step further to create tuition-free four-year college for those making $125,000 or less annually. The proposal would eliminate tuition for all community college students.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JUNE 9, 2023

And every year, it gets tougher to make the cut for some of the most sought-after campuses like UCLA, which sat at 18 percent in 2014–2015 and has been sinking steadily since. Given their attractiveness, admission is competitive, ranging from 8.5 percent for UCLA and 11.4 percent for UC Berkeley to about 21 percent for UC Irvine and 47.1

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BestColleges

MARCH 15, 2023

at community colleges. million 341,574 Source: College Board [14] , [15] , [16] , ACT Inc. [17] This was true for the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT), on which the average score was 501.5, the highest since a new version of the MCAT was released in 2015. million total undergraduates. million 532,826 2020 1.2

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JUNE 9, 2023

Example: In August 2015, I was diagnosed with epilepsy. Maybe you took Japanese or Calculus at a local community college because they were not offered at your school. Example: I took Japanese at the local community college for two semesters my junior year because my school only offered Year 1 and Year 2 Japanese.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 11, 2023

2015: Umpqua Community College. 1, a shooter killed nine people and injured nine more on the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg, Oregon. He died by suicide after the incident. Right before the shooting, he stabbed three people to death in his apartment. Note Reference [3]. Note Reference [3].

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Back in 2015 (Class of 2019), the acceptance rate was around 17%. To give you an idea, applications jumped from 78,893 in 2015 to 125,910 in 2023. Just like the other UC schools, UC Berkeley gives priority to students from California community colleges and only accepts transfer students for the fall quarter.

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AdmissionSight

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Back in 2015 (Class of 2019), the acceptance rate was around 17%. To give you an idea, applications jumped from 78,893 in 2015 to 125,910 in 2023. Just like the other UC schools, UC Berkeley gives priority to students from California community colleges and only accepts transfer students for the fall quarter.

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