A report on the best and worst community colleges has been compiled and released by Wallethub.com. Wyoming’s community college system is considered one of hte best in the nation as it ranks eighth overall.

Connecticut leads the list followed by Maryland. The west was generally resented well with New Mexico, Washington and Hawaii rounding out the top five. Wyoming neighbor, North Dakota, was ranked ninth followed by Oregon.

According to WalletHub their study used analysis at the individual school level across a sample of 677 institutions and 19 key metrics.

Many area students choose to use the Wyoming Community College route including Western Wyoming Community College located in Rock Springs which has an extension in Afton.