A community college in our area was ranked on a recent list of the best community colleges in the United States.
The Westmoreland County Community College was ranked 649th out of 715th in the ranking compiled by Wallethub. Wallethub selected 715 schools from a list of members of the American Association of Community Colleges. Data limitations prohibited a ranking of all the schools in the AACC Database. The key factors in this ranking were cost and financing, education outcomes and career outcomes.
Out of a score of 100, the highest ranking school was Arkansas-State University-Mountain Home with a score of 66.13. Westmoreland County Community College received a score of 38.84. That puts the college at 9th in the state out of 13, with the top community college in the state being Luzerne County Community College.
