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| Active & Collaborative Learning | Student Effort | Academic Challenge | Student-faculty Interaction | Support for Learning | First-year Retention Rate | Three-year Graduation/ Transfer Rate | Credentials awarded per 100 FTE students | ||
| 1 | Saint Paul College (MN) | 80 | 71.3 | 61.5 | 71.7 | 66.2 | 52.6 | 47.0 | 24.9 |
| 2 | North Florida Community College (FL) | 62.2 | 58.3 | 61.1 | 65.1 | 67.4 | 56.9 | 56.0 | 40.7 |
| 3 | North Dakota State College of Science (ND) | 64.1 | 47 | 55.7 | 60.1 | 52.4 | 71.4 | 46.9 | 60.2 |
| 4 | Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WI) | 62.5 | 54.3 | 58.8 | 59.1 | 51.7 | 65.4 | 50.8 | 44.4 |
| 5 | Lawson State Community College (AL) | 65.8 | 59.4 | 59.3 | 59 | 57 | 58.9 | 49.3 | 18.2 |
| 6 | Missouri State University-West Plains (MO) | 56.5 | 58.8 | 54 | 59.2 | 57.9 | 59.2 | 49.8 | 40.5 |
| 7 | Western Wyoming Community College (WY) | 61.8 | 56.6 | 56.3 | 58.7 | 53.4 | 49.7 | 76.6 | 31.1 |
| 8 | Capital Area Technical College (LA) | 63.5 | 55.7 | 51.9 | 57.2 | 64.5 | 55.7 | 45.8 | 28.3 |
| 9 | Snow College (UT) | 65.2 | 50.8 | 52.4 | 53.7 | 55.2 | 54.6 | 74.3 | 43.8 |
| 10 | North Central Missouri College (MO) | 57.1 | 59.2 | 53.2 | 53.7 | 53.8 | 60.1 | 58.2 | 41.6 |
| 11 | Linn State Technical College (MO) | 58.8 | 47.6 | 46.7 | 57 | 50.3 | 76.0 | 59.3 | 63.6 |
| 12 | Halifax Community College (NC) | 53.7 | 57.7 | 56.8 | 60.6 | 60.2 | 60.6 | 42.8 | 20.2 |
| 13 | Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College (KY) | 56.1 | 51.8 | 58.5 | 57.6 | 58 | 54.3 | 42.5 | 43.8 |
| 14 | Chipola College (FL) | 52.9 | 55.2 | 53 | 53 | 56.5 | 65.9 | 57.9 | 44.1 |
| 15 | Grays Harbor College (WA) | 57.5 | 55.8 | 60.3 | 55 | 55 | 60.8 | 37.3 | 31.1 |
| 16 | Kauai Community College (HI) | 58 | 55.1 | 55.9 | 54.5 | 59.5 | 54.3 | 37.1 | 40.8 |
| 17 | Isothermal Community College (NC) | 59.7 | 57.9 | 59.2 | 58.1 | 63.6 | 54.7 | 12.1 | 20.1 |
| 18 | Williston State College (ND) | 56.6 | 49.6 | 50.1 | 61.5 | 56 | 52.5 | 35.2 | 64.5 |
| 19 | Williamsburg Technical College (SC) | 62.5 | 55.7 | 54.7 | 61.7 | 63.9 | 39.8 | 33.6 | 23.9 |
| 20 | Mississippi Delta Community College (MS) | 56.1 | 57.4 | 56.2 | 55.6 | 59 | 56.7 | 29.6 | 32.7 |
| 21 | Itasca Community College (MN) | 59.9 | 52.7 | 51 | 52.2 | 54.4 | 55.6 | 61.9 | 47.1 |
| 22 | Cascadia Community College (WA) | 67.3 | 53.5 | 56.2 | 50.8 | 51.6 | 56.8 | 53.1 | 29.6 |
| 23 | East Central Community College (MS) | 54.4 | 53.9 | 53 | 53.5 | 55.8 | 67.7 | 50.1 | 34.9 |
| 24 | Washington County Community College (ME) | 60.4 | 52.5 | 48.6 | 55.4 | 45.6 | 53.3 | 56.6 | 67.9 |
| 25 | College of Coastal Georgia (GA) | 59.5 | 56.9 | 56.9 | 57.8 | 54 | 55.0 | 30.6 | 28.0 |
| 26 | Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College (GA) | 56.3 | 53.6 | 54.3 | 59.4 | 56.5 | 53.7 | 43.9 | 32.2 |
| 27 | Dakota College at Bottineau (ND) | 57.5 | 45.8 | 52.2 | 55.2 | 58.8 | 49.5 | 66.7 | 48.7 |
| 28 | Miami Dade College (FL) | 55.8 | 55.7 | 54.7 | 56.5 | 54.9 | 61.6 | 35.7 | 32.8 |
| 29 | Cumberland County College (NJ) | 53.7 | 52.5 | 55.1 | 55.8 | 56.4 | 63.6 | 39.1 | 37.3 |
| 30 | Bay de Noc Community College (MI) | 55 | 55.4 | 52.9 | 56.2 | 51.8 | 55.4 | 44.0 | 48.6 |
| 31 | Hocking College (OH) | 59.9 | 56.2 | 56.2 | 57.7 | 56 | 48.2 | 31.0 | 32.8 |
| 32 | Mayland Community College (NC) | 51.5 | 53.6 | 51.3 | 58.4 | 61.3 | 65.2 | 48.4 | 20.8 |
| 33 | Umpqua Community College (OR) | 61 | 58.5 | 62 | 54.1 | 49.4 | 46.5 | 33.4 | 29.7 |
| 34 | Itawamba Community College (MS) | 50.5 | 50.3 | 50.7 | 59.1 | 60.1 | 64.0 | 40.7 | 37.9 |
| 35 | Bridgemont Community & Technical College (WV) | 58.1 | 49.2 | 53.6 | 63.8 | 53.3 | 43.9 | 39.5 | 46.1 |
| 36 | Valencia College (FL) | 52.6 | 54.2 | 53.7 | 51.1 | 52.3 | 66.0 | 52.5 | 40.2 |
| 37 | Southern Arkansas University Tech (AR) | 52.4 | 55.1 | 48.1 | 53.5 | 58.9 | 59.9 | 48.2 | 43.5 |
| 38 | Vermilion Community College (MN) | 54.9 | 51.6 | 52 | 54.2 | 55.9 | 49.0 | 65.2 | 42.5 |
| 39 | Robeson Community College (NC) | 57.3 | 57.3 | 55.9 | 56.3 | 57.1 | 56.0 | 25.1 | 24.6 |
| 40 | Minnesota West-Granite Falls (MN) | 54.5 | 48.1 | 47.9 | 57.7 | 53.3 | 64.9 | 61.1 | 42.9 |
| 41 | Ridgewater College (MN) | 53.1 | 51.8 | 53.3 | 53.1 | 52.2 | 58.7 | 59.2 | 44.3 |
| 42 | Chippewa Valley Technical College (WI) | 54.2 | 52.6 | 52.4 | 52.6 | 51.3 | 57.7 | 59.9 | 46.4 |
| 43 | Ashland Community & Technical College (KY) | 53.9 | 53.2 | 51.7 | 61 | 55.5 | 58.9 | 31.9 | 33.7 |
| 44 | Green River Community College (WA) | 58.8 | 55.7 | 54 | 53 | 49.8 | 55.8 | 54.0 | 32.2 |
| 45 | Texas State Technical College Marshall (TX) | 56.6 | 48.9 | 48.8 | 56.5 | 59.3 | 57.7 | 49.3 | 38.9 |
| 46 | Tacoma Community College (WA) | 56.6 | 53.3 | 56.6 | 55.4 | 52.4 | 54.0 | 47.4 | 30.3 |
| 47 | Highline Community College (WA) | 55.1 | 57.1 | 53.4 | 54.2 | 52.9 | 56.6 | 47.6 | 30.5 |
| 48 | City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College (IL) | 62.3 | 60 | 57.9 | 58.8 | 53 | 39.0 | 38.5 | 13.0 |
| 49 | Clinton Community College (NY) | 51 | 55.3 | 56.8 | 55.5 | 51.1 | 51.7 | 43.9 | 40.6 |
| 50 | South Florida Community College (FL) | 58.8 | 56.2 | 48.7 | 54.1 | 54.6 | 54.1 | 57.6 | 56.6 |