Community Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt

Community Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt, ranked by median federal student debt. Reported borrower debt; excludes private loans and does not measure all students. Public two-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. This page lists all 777 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Reedley CollegeReedley, California$2,819$1k$7k5%$38k42%5,50420 mi 2Laredo CollegeLaredo, Texas$2,959$3k$6k10%$34k30%5,8182 mi 3Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia$3,258$3k$6k8%$33k42%3,3664 mi 4Barstow Community CollegeBarstow, California$3,500$1k$13k8%$35k39%2,65765 mi 5Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, Illinois$3,750$5k$6k16%$39k49%1,92055 mi 6Fresno City CollegeFresno, California$4,058$1k$8k6%$37k24%21,2512 mi 7Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California$4,500$1k$13k7%$40k36%18,61411 mi 8Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California$4,500$1k$6k8%$43k34%17,12122 mi 9College of the SequoiasVisalia, California$4,500$1k$4805%$39k39%11,56239 mi 10Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia$4,500$4k$10k9%$34k31%3,9234 mi 11City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois$4,500$5k$8k11%$38k27%2,78910 mi 12Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas$4,519$2k$9k26%$46k24%3,34226 mi 13San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California$4,725$1k$6k16%$45k35%16,0986 mi 14Arizona Western CollegeYuma, Arizona$4,826$3k$9k9%$37k20%6,374150 mi 15Carl Sandburg CollegeGalesburg, Illinois$4,909$5k$4k15%$35k50%1,05147 mi 16Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina$4,938$2k$11k33%$37k35%2,74141 mi 17Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California$5,125$1k$2k12%$45k48%10,57926 mi 18Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois$5,250$4k$5k25%$48k37%6,07218 mi 19Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas$5,342$3k$8k15%$37k38%2,20495 mi 20Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California$5,500$1k$14k4%$45k25%15,68412 mi 21Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas$5,500$3k$3k15%$39k11%9,5013 mi 22East Central Community CollegeDecatur, Mississippi$5,500$4k$5k15%$32k36%1,52063 mi 23Meridian Community CollegeMeridian, Mississippi$5,521$4k$6k12%$31k34%2,15685 mi 24De Anza CollegeCupertino, California$5,625$2k$7k6%$57k68%15,2649 mi 25Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, Texas$5,641$2k$5k0%$46k56%2,62249 mi 26City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois$5,750$5k$7k13%$37k26%4,2071 mi 27Southeastern Technical CollegeVidalia, Georgia$5,750$3k$11k16%$30k38%1,00875 mi 28Rend Lake CollegeIna, Illinois$5,809$5k$9k13%$36k63%1,17574 mi 29Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California$5,880$1k$6k7%$46k45%26,14023 mi 30College of the MainlandTexas City, Texas$5,960$2k$1k12%$40k31%3,36834 mi 31Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan$6,000$4k$2k32%$42k18%13,87613 mi 32Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanola, New Mexico$6,000$6k$7k20%$38k29%92671 mi 33Southern Arkansas University TechCamden, Arkansas$6,000$5k$9k5%$36k62%67281 mi 34University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community CollegeForrest City, Arkansas$6,000$3k$7k2%$28k51%55441 mi 35Northeast Alabama Community CollegeRainsville, Alabama$6,100$5k$3k5%$35k56%1,62940 mi 36City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois$6,180$5k$9k10%$28k31%1,7777 mi 37St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri$6,187$3k$6k21%$42k25%5,01726 mi 38Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois$6,188$4k$2k12%$39k58%2,44872 mi 39Southwest Texas CollegeUvalde, Texas$6,200$3k$7k11%$36k31%3,30676 mi 40McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois$6,260$4k$7k20%$45k37%4,69137 mi 41Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville, Mississippi$6,291$5k$6k15%$33k41%3,53575 mi 42Cascadia CollegeBothell, Washington$6,368$5k$12k27%$54k32%1,03213 mi 43Butler Technology and Career Development SchoolsMonroe, Ohio$6,396——0%$57k76%59624 mi 44Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia$6,421$3k$6k4%$36k43%4,24456 mi 45Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California$6,450$1k$3k15%$42k36%21,44013 mi 46Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California$6,500$1k$2k8%$49k57%10,28631 mi 47Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi$6,500$4k$8k15%$36k45%5,45236 mi 48Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina$6,500$5k$2k10%$37k28%5,00624 mi 49City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois$6,500$5k$6k15%$42k31%4,37210 mi 50Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, Massachusetts$6,500$6k$7k26%$53k17%3,83711 mi 51Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina$6,500$3k$2k15%$34k49%2,73947 mi 52Illinois Eastern Community CollegesOlney, Illinois$6,500$5k$10k16%$38k63%1,63459 mi 53Garden City Community CollegeGarden City, Kansas$6,500$4k$8k16%$42k50%1,474193 mi 54Seward County Community CollegeLiberal, Kansas$6,500$4k$7k15%$41k50%1,166137 mi 55CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community CollegeNew York, New York$6,500$5k$6k19%—23%9783 mi 56Pratt Community CollegePratt, Kansas$6,500$4k$10k15%$52k45%57976 mi 57University of Arkansas Community College Rich MountainMena, Arkansas$6,500$4k$5k6%$30k55%503102 mi 58Oconee Fall Line Technical CollegeSandersville, Georgia$6,514$3k$13k2%$31k65%1,70847 mi 59El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas$6,566$4k$3k13%$35k24%24,2147 mi 60Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts$6,570$6k$6k14%$37k32%4,7591 mi 61Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico$6,612$2k$5k19%$37k31%15,2031 mi 62Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California$6,651$1k$4k9%$44k48%21,46610 mi 63Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri$6,725$4k$8k25%$35k21%11,78815 mi 64San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California$6,750$1k$3k12%$48k48%11,27114 mi 65Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona$6,750$2k$12k23%$41k14%8,5552 mi 66Central Texas CollegeKilleen, Texas$6,750$4k$10k25%$41k11%6,24749 mi 67GateWay Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona$6,750$2k$13k24%$46k29%4,5384 mi 68Lake-Sumter State CollegeLeesburg, Florida$6,750$3k$6k22%$40k48%4,17732 mi 69Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona$6,750$2k$8k18%$38k30%3,09662 mi 70Coalinga CollegeCoalinga, California$6,750$1k$10k12%$38k43%2,52252 mi 71Redlands Community CollegeEl Reno, Oklahoma$6,750$5k$6k11%$37k35%94626 mi 72GateWay Community College-Central CityPhoenix, Arizona$6,750—$14k0%$46k55%5951 mi 73Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois$6,751$4k$3k15%$38k44%2,48722 mi 74Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee$6,827$5k$7k9%$35k33%4,40462 mi 75Zane State CollegeZanesville, Ohio$6,834$6k$8k15%$35k46%71551 mi 76Aims Community CollegeGreeley, Colorado$6,844$2k$11k6%$42k40%3,63548 mi 77Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California$6,871$1k$3k7%$44k31%22,48529 mi 78Paul D Camp Community CollegeFranklin, Virginia$6,880$5k$4k12%$36k36%61338 mi 79Dyersburg State Community CollegeDyersburg, Tennessee$6,900$5k$5k12%$36k34%2,10372 mi 80Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois$6,908$4k$10k17%$37k36%5,67517 mi 81Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberland, Kentucky$6,919$5k$4k8%$29k47%1,72186 mi 82Allen County Community CollegeIola, Kansas$6,954$4k$9k30%$40k37%81092 mi 83Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona$6,960$2k$12k20%$43k16%11,97511 mi 84Florida Gateway CollegeLake City, Florida$6,992$3k$5k14%$38k54%2,30139 mi 85Paradise Valley Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona$6,995$2k$12k25%$47k19%5,11715 mi 86City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, Illinois$6,997$5k$8k17%$36k32%2,5056 mi 87Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona$7,000$2k$3k16%$40k28%14,2425 mi 88Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, Illinois$7,000$4k$11k20%$45k39%5,72143 mi 89Chandler-Gilbert Community CollegeChandler, Arizona$7,000$2k$13k8%$51k30%5,05119 mi 90York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina$7,000$8k$6k16%$37k30%3,81622 mi 91Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah$7,000$4k$6k19%$41k46%3,54998 mi 92Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin$7,000$5k$10k8%$47k50%1,88643 mi 93Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeAlexandria, Louisiana$7,000$4k$6k6%$30k70%1,07879 mi 94Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida$7,081$3k$9k19%$42k41%21,9567 mi 95CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York$7,100$5k$6k18%$43k28%7,67010 mi 96Gulf Coast State CollegePanama City, Florida$7,147$2k$5k16%$38k43%3,93488 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.