Community College Snapshot: Who’s going to America’s 1,123 Community colleges?

Community College Snapshot
Who’s going to America’s 1,123 Community colleges?

7.4 million community college students:

Full-time: 2.9 million (39 percent)
Part-time 4.5 million (61 percent)

Community college students are:

46% of all US undergraduates
41% of all first-time freshmen
48% of all student veterans
51% of all students with disabilities

National Center for Education Statistics (2014)

Most community college students have jobs:

62% of full-time students work
73% of part-time students work

NCES, 2014; 2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study

Many community college students have families:

29% of students have dependent children
53% of these student parents are single parents
36% of community college students are the first in their families to attend college.

American Association of Community Colleges analysis of NCES data, 2014

Community college students are diverse.

They are:
61% of all American Indian students
57% of all Hispanic students
52% of all Black students
43% of all Asian/Pacific Islander students

They are all ages:
Average age: 28
37% are under 21 years old
49% are between the ages of 22 and 39
14% are 40 years old and up

NCES, 2014

30% of community college students are from immigrant families.

AACC Data Points, September 2015
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Publications/datapoints/Documents/DataPoints_Coming2America_final.pdf

Among community college students who are first-time freshmen, minorities are the majority:

21% – two or more races
19% – Hispanic
19% – Black
18% – American Indian
16% – White
15% – Asian/Pacific Islander