Anne Arundel Community College Overview

Located in Arnold, Maryland, Anne Arundel Community College is a public institution. Arnold is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Anne Arundel Community College Known For?

• The associate's degree is the highest award offered at AACC.
• In 2019-2020, 26% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, AACC bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $41,701 a year. That's about 2% more than their peers at other schools.

Anne Arundel Community College Rankings

AACC is ranked #211 out of 2,018 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. Out of the 30 colleges in Maryland, it is ranked at #5.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

AACC has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#87	Best Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at AACC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Computer Systems Networking Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Management Information Systems Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards AACC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#12	Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Schools	College Factual
#32	Best Information Technology Schools	College Factual
#60	Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools	College Factual
#67	Best Business Schools	Business Degree Central
#124	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual

Where Is Anne Arundel Community College?

Contact details for AACC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	101 College Pky, Arnold, MD 21012-1895
Phone:	410-777-2222
Website:	www.aacc.edu

How Do I Get Into AACC?

You can apply to AACC online at: https://www.aacc.edu/apply-and-register/

Anne Arundel Community College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Anne Arundel Community College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At AACC, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $4,230 a year. That adds up to $16,920 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at AACC is 7.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Anne Arundel Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,948 undergraduate students at AACC, with 3,188 being full-time and 8,760 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,188 full-time undergraduates at AACC, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Anne Arundel Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	185
Black or African American	501
Hispanic or Latino	342
White	1,663
International Students	69
Other Races/Ethnicities	428

Over 42 countries are represented at AACC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, South Korea, and China.

Online Learning at Anne Arundel Community College

In 2019-2020, 11,445 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at AACC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of AACC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Anne Arundel Community College was 87.9%. This is the #460 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at AACC regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of AACC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	17%
Computer & Information Sciences	22%
Ethnic Studies	17%
General Business/Commerce	9%
Health Professions	8%
Information Technology	30%
Management Information Systems	15%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at AACC ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at AACC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Mental & Social Health Services	#38
General Business/Commerce	#87
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#133
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#167
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#206
Liberal Arts General Studies	#206
Health Professions	#304
Business, Management & Marketing	#448

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Anne Arundel Community College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	767	4	771
Information Technology	219	95	1	315
Business Administration & Management	175	88	0	263
Nursing	0	126	0	126
General Business/Commerce	0	96	0	96
Allied Health Professions	2	40	54	96
Mental & Social Health Services	27	51	16	94
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	51	0	51
Culinary Arts	20	31	0	51
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	29	20	49
Legal Support Services	0	20	26	46
Computer Systems Networking	25	20	0	45
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	5	38	0	43
Criminal Justice & Corrections	12	21	10	43
Computer Information Systems	0	39	0	39
Other Communication Technology	5	26	6	37
Management Information Systems	10	23	0	33
Other Education	32	0	0	32
Other Homeland Security	0	29	0	29
General Engineering	0	27	0	27
Design & Applied Arts	4	18	4	26
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	0	23	23
Health & Physical Education	8	12	0	20
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	14	5	19
Entrepreneurial Studies	6	10	1	17
Quality Control Technology	0	14	0	14
Robotics Engineering	4	10	0	14
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	13	0	13
Human Development & Family Studies	0	12	0	12
Electrical Engineering	0	11	0	11
Mathematics	0	11	0	11
Electronics Engineering Technology	4	6	0	10
Accounting	3	5	1	9
Computer Software & Applications	3	5	0	8
Ethnic Studies	6	0	0	6
Construction Management	0	5	0	5
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	5	0	0	5
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	5	0	5
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	4	0	4
Public Health	0	4	0	4
Hospitality Management	1	2	0	3
Fire Protection	0	1	0	1
Horticulture	0	0	0	0
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	0
General Sales & Marketing	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0
American Sign Language	0	0	0	0
Other Health Professions	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	576	1,779	171	2,526

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.