Anne Arundel Community College

Overview

Anne Arundel Community College is a public two-year institution based in Arnold, Maryland. The campus sits in a large suburban area. It enrolled 11,481 students in fall 2024.

Anne Arundel Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 86 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other, Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 2,155 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 69% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1.

Key figures

Delivery modes

Program levels

Programs and majors offered 86

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Admissions

Admission policy

Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students

69%

First-year retention, part-time students

50%

Student-to-faculty ratio

17:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees

1,368

Certificates under 1 year

591

Certificates of 1 to 2 years

196

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024

11,481

Undergraduates, fall 2024

11,481

Full-time, fall 2024

26%

Students over the full 2024-25 year

17,214

Full-time, 2024-25

20%

Size category

10,000 to 19,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women

62%

Men

38%

White

45%

Hispanic or Latino

12%

Black or African American

20%

Asian

5%

Two or more races

6%

International (U.S. nonresident)

2%

Race or ethnicity unknown

10%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online

2

Programs with a fully online option

3

Online undergraduate programs

Yes

Students studying fully online

35%

Students taking some online courses

37%

Weekend or evening classes

Yes

Campus and services

Setting

Large suburb

Academic calendar

Semester

Carnegie classification

Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional

Athletic association

NJCAA

President

Dawn S. Lindsay

Services and opportunities

Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience

For veterans and service members

Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization