Community Colleges History

  • 1901

    Juliet community college became the nation first junior college.
  • 1920

    During this year the enrollment in community college was very low.
  • 1930

    During the Great Depression community college provide job training programs to ease the widespread of unemployment.
  • 1930-1940

    Tread of community college kept going and enrollment went up.
  • 1965

    It reach 1 million students for community college during this year.
  • 1970

    During this year community colleges reached 2.2million students.
  • 1980-1999

    During these years community college grow 20%