Washington community college system ranks 4th in USA: Did you know?

When it comes to community colleges, Washington state ranks among the top of the list. But you'll probably find a few better colleges in Oregon.

That is, according to WalletHub's latest assessment, which says Washington state has the fourth best community college system in the United States. We don't have any community colleges on the list of best schools, however. Oregon has four colleges listed among the nation's top 20. That's the thing about numbers — you can play around with them so much that they sometimes don't make sense.

WalletHub considered a range of factors, such as the cost of the schools, as well as educational and career outcomes. That produced a few "best of" lists.

When focusing just on Washington, the best community colleges in the state are: Shoreline Community College; Everett Community College; South Puget Sound Community College (go Clippers!); and Bates Technical College.

Considering Washington's community college system as a whole, the state ranks fourth. Oregon ranks 10th.