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Community colleges in Maryland

There are 16 two-year, predominantly associate-degree-granting community colleges in Maryland reporting to the U.S. Department of Education. Median published in-state tuition across the state is $4,274 per academic year — among the most affordable postsecondary options anywhere in the country.

This page is a working directory: every institution links to a full profile with cost, enrollment, completion, and transfer numbers. The lists below highlight the most affordable, the largest, and the most transfer-active campuses in Maryland, drawn from the same Department of Education data four-year admissions offices use to evaluate incoming transfer applicants. If you are weighing a community-college start before continuing to a four-year program, the transfer rate column is the single most useful comparison.

Most affordable in-state tuition in Maryland

  1. Baltimore City Community CollegeBaltimore$3,314
  2. Wor-Wic Community CollegeSalisbury$3,840
  3. Frederick Community CollegeFrederick$3,849
  4. Harford Community CollegeBel Air$4,032
  5. Prince George's Community CollegeLargo$4,034

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Largest community colleges in Maryland

  1. Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore13,872
  2. Montgomery CollegeRockville13,773
  3. Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold8,997
  4. Prince George's Community CollegeLargo8,815
  5. Howard Community CollegeColumbia6,649

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Strongest transfer outcomes

Share of full-time entrants who transferred to another institution within 150% of program length.

  1. Wor-Wic Community CollegeSalisbury27%
  2. Howard Community CollegeColumbia26%
  3. Garrett CollegeMcHenry25%
  4. Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills24%
  5. Frederick Community CollegeFrederick24%

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All 16 community colleges in Maryland

InstitutionCityEnrollmentIn-state tuition
Allegany College of MarylandCumberland1,831$4,938
Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold8,997$4,322
Baltimore City Community CollegeBaltimore3,700$3,314
Carroll Community CollegeWestminster1,990$4,308
Cecil CollegeNorth East1,363$5,640
Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills1,320$4,274
College of Southern MarylandLa Plata4,512$4,200
Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore13,872$4,432
Frederick Community CollegeFrederick4,203$3,849
Garrett CollegeMcHenry411$4,144
Hagerstown Community CollegeHagerstown2,948$4,320
Harford Community CollegeBel Air3,696$4,032
Howard Community CollegeColumbia6,649$4,080
Montgomery CollegeRockville13,773$5,394
Prince George's Community CollegeLargo8,815$4,034
Wor-Wic Community CollegeSalisbury2,169$3,840

About community college in Maryland

Maryland's 16 community colleges serve as the primary on-ramp into postsecondary education for hundreds of thousands of residents each year. They award associate degrees, occupational certificates, and — through articulation agreements with public and private four-year institutions — transferable general-education credit. For most students, the financial argument is decisive: published in-state tuition averages a small fraction of state-flagship sticker price, and many community-college students qualify for the full federal Pell Grant, eliminating tuition entirely.

If you intend to transfer, the most important question to ask any Maryland community college is which four-year institutions accept its credit on a course-for-course basis. The state's strongest transfer pipelines tend to feed regional public universities, but well-prepared students from accredited community colleges in Maryland routinely transfer into selective private institutions as well. Use the transfer-rate column above as a starting filter, then consult the receiving university's transfer admissions office to confirm specific course equivalencies.

Career-focused students should pay attention to the local labor market as much as to the institution. Maryland's community colleges concentrate heavily in health-care occupations, mechanical and engineering technology, business administration, and skilled-trades programs aligned to regional employers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' state-level wage data is the right reference for setting expectations on starting salary by field. Where this site reports earnings, the figure is median earnings ten years after first enrollment, drawn from the College Scorecard's match against federal tax records.