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MCC Again Ranks Among the Top Community Colleges in the Country


MCC ranks as one of the most productive two-year colleges in the United States, according to a report recently released by Community College Week, a bi-weekly higher education newspaper.

MCC awarded 2,620 associate degrees in 2012-13, which places it among the top 2 percent of community colleges nationwide in terms of the number of graduates.

The college is 21st among the nation's two-year colleges in the number of associate degrees awarded, up from 23rd last year. MCC has ranked among the nation's top 100 community colleges for the past two decades. Data for the report comes from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics.

There are 1,132 community colleges that offer associate degrees in the United States, according to the American Association of Community Colleges.

Cynthia L Cooper
Marketing and Community Relations
09/15/2014