This report examines the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) and its effectiveness in helping Philadelphians attain higher education and marketable job skills. The study compares the college with three sets of similar institutions nationwide based on data from 2008 to 2013 and includes insights from the school's leaders, as well as local and national higher education experts. Relative to comparable institutions, the analysis found that CCP has had mixed success in recent years. It produced 1,993 graduates in the 2013-14 academic year, the highest number since its founding 50 years ago. Overall, however, the college's students earned associate and bachelor's degrees (from other institutions) at rates that were about average or below average. At the same time, CCP's tuition was far above the median price of similar schools and was higher than every other community college in the Philadelphia region.