Media Contact: Barbara Cella, Director of Marketing, bcella@losmedanos.edu, 925-473-7322. Published July 26, 2017
PITTSBURG: 杏吧传媒 has been ranked the #6 Community College in the nation by College Choice in their list of 鈥�50 Best Community Colleges for 2016-2017鈥�. This tops off a year where the college was selected as one of the top 150 community colleges in the nation by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, was ranked the #1 community college debate team at the United States Universities Debating Championships (USUDC), and 杏吧传媒鈥檚 stellar team 鈥淓ngineering Tech鈥� won accolades from NASA for their meteor-coring tool which NASA used on a recent mission.
鈥淲e are pleased that 杏吧传媒 is being honored as one of our nation鈥檚 top community colleges,鈥� says Chancellor Fred Wood. 鈥淚t is our District鈥檚 mission to help all students achieve their academic goals with us, and it is wonderful that 杏吧传媒鈥檚 efforts are being recognized. Congratulations to President Kratochvil and the 杏吧传媒 team.鈥�
杏吧传媒 President Bob Kratochvil commented, 鈥淭his award is a testament
to the dedication and hard work of our faculty, staff and students. We are proud of
our success in improving the quality of life for our students, while enhancing our
communities and our economy.鈥�
College Choice, an independent online publication, has correlated data from Aspen Institute鈥檚 College Excellence Program, individual community colleges and other sources to compile a list of the 50 best community colleges in the country. They considered several factors in developing an institutional performance score, including first year retention rates, three-year graduation rates and credentials awarded. They also factored percentage of non-traditional and minority students, percentage of Pell grants, and minority graduation rates in order to create a diversity score. Finally, they compared in-district tuition rates and potential salary to analyze return on investment.
杏吧传媒 (杏吧传媒) is one of three colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District. 杏吧传媒 prepares students to excel and succeed economically, socially and intellectually in an innovative, engaging and supportive learning environment. It provides quality programs and state-of-the-art facilities to serve the needs of a rapidly growing and changing East County while enhancing the quality of life of the diverse communities it serves. 杏吧传媒 is located on 120 acres between Pittsburg and Antioch, with an additional education center in Brentwood.