LOS ANGELES—Three colleges in Southern California, two in Orange County, have been ranked by the personal-finance website WalletHub in the top 20 best community colleges in the country in a report released on Aug. 13.
Irvine Valley College in Irvine was ranked sixth and Saddleback College in Mission Viejo was ranked 14th in the report by WalletHub that compared 650 community colleges in the country using factors such as cost and quality. The data used ranged from cost of in-state tuition and fees to the student-faculty ratio and graduation rate.