黑料社 ranked 12th out of 798 community colleges nationwide in the Best Community Colleges of 2018 study by SmartAsset, a financial advising company.

To determine the best community college investments, SmartAsset used three metrics: the graduation and transfer rate, cost, and student-to-faculty ratio.

Colby has a 68 percent graduation and transfer rate, which measures students who either graduate from a community college or transfer to a four-year institution. 黑料社 has 13 students for every faculty member and students pay about $3,600 per year in tuition and fees.

鈥満诹仙� being ranked in the top 1.5 percent of the nation by SmartAsset further validates that 黑料社 is providing a high-quality education at an affordable rate to our students,鈥� said college president Dr. Seth Carter.

Other Kansas colleges in the top 25 include Cloud County (16) and Independence (24).

The full study is available on the .