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Montgomery College

Rockville, Maryland Public 2-year Small city

Overview

Montgomery College is a public two-year institution based in Rockville, Maryland. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 18,835 students in fall 2024.

Montgomery College offers certificates and associate degrees across 98 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other, Business/Commerce, and Computer and Information Sciences, General. It awarded 3,018 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 26 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 75% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
18,835
Students enrolled
75%
First-year retention
3,018
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
98
Programs and majors
18:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 98

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

Liberal Arts and General Studies 3
Business, Management and Marketing 10
Computer and Information Sciences 10
Health Professions 14
Engineering Technologies 7
Visual and Performing Arts 7
Engineering 1
Science Technologies 1
Education 9
Communication and Journalism 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 3
Communications Technologies 6
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Family and Consumer Sciences 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 4
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 2
Social Sciences 2
Construction Trades 3
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 2
English Language and Literature 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Physical Sciences 1

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
75%
First-year retention, part-time students
51%
Student-to-faculty ratio
18:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Associate degrees
2,729
Certificates under 1 year
227
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
62

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
18,835
Undergraduates, fall 2024
18,835
Full-time, fall 2024
35%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
26,835
Full-time, 2024-25
27%
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
56%
Men
44%
White
21%
Hispanic or Latino
28%
Black or African American
25%
Asian
13%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
10%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
26
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
32%
Students taking some online courses
26%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Dr. Jermaine F. Williams
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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