Bristol Community College ranked tops in Massachusetts by online site

FALL RIVER - Bristol Community College is ranked the top community college in Massachusetts by Schools.com.

The ranking, which Bristol announced Thursday, Feb. 13, highlighted the college’s career-driven programs, resources available to help returning students be successful in the classroom and the convenient choice to learn at one of four college locations, along with fully online programs.

Based on its ranking methodology, Schools.com evaluated Massachusetts community colleges using the National Center for Education Statistics' Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), then generated a list of colleges and universities that met the criteria that the level of institution is either "At least two but less than four years" or " Less than two years (below associate degree)” and that data is reported for all 14 ranking variables listed in the methodology section.

Schools.com ranked the resulting community colleges on multiple factors related to educational opportunity, student performance and student services. Each school was scored on a 10-point scale, using data points such as the percent of students that transferred to a 4-year institution and completed within 8 years, student-to-faculty ratio, full-time student retention rate and more.

Schools.com connects current and prospective students with the tools, resources, schools, career info and more that they can use to find the right degree program for their educational and career plans. Schools.com’s unique, proprietary ranking methodologies are based on data gathered from government agencies and other nationally recognized primary sources, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and its data collection program, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

For more information about Schools.com, visit https://www.schools.com/about.

For the complete listing of the Best Community Colleges in Massachusetts, including Bristol, visit https://www.schools.com/community-colleges/top-community-colleges-in-massachusetts.

For more information about Bristol Community College, visit http://www.bristolcc.edu/.

According to its website, Schools.com connects students with the tools, resources, schools and career info they can use to find the right degree program for their educational and career plans. Schools.com is owned and operated by QuinStreet, Inc., a publicly traded corporation that operates a vertical marketing and media online business in the United States and internationally.