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Our Impact on Your World

Community Colleges are More Vital to Your Life than You Know

Did you know that according to the American Association of Community Colleges. . .

Health care – 59% of new nurses and the majority of other new health-care workers are educated at community colleges.

Workforce training – 95% of businesses and organizations that employ community college graduates recommend community college workforce education and training programs.

Homeland security – Close to 90% of firefighters, law enforcement officers, and EMTs are credentialed at community colleges.

Earnings – The average expected lifetime earnings for a graduate with an associate degree are $1.6 million, about one-third more than a high school graduate earns.

Undergraduate education – Community Colleges educate almost half of the combined population of college freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors in the United States.

Need to work while going to college? No problem. – 77% of our full-time students have jobs and 83% of our part-time students have careers.