<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/bc3-brockway-student-input-of-others-says-a-lot-as-bc3-ranked-no1-in-state.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>09/22/2025 03:27:02 PM</pubDate><title>BC3 @ Brockway student: “Input of others says a lot” as BC3 ranked No. 1 in state</title><subtitle>BC3 picked as top community college in Pennsylvania for 2026; academics, affordability, staff influence Punxy student</subtitle><description>(Brockway, PA) Julianna Test, a 30-year-old certified medical assistant, phlebotomist and mother of children ages 15 and 10, said Butler County Community College’s rankings as the No. 1 community college in Pennsylvania informed her decision to choose BC3 @ Brockway in summer 2024 to prepare her for a career as an emergency department nurse.</description><author/><image-caption>Julianna Test, 30, of Punxsutawney, is shown Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, at BC3 @ Brockway, where she is a registered nursing student. BC3 has been ranked as the No. 1 community college in Pennsylvania for 2026 by Niche.com.</image-caption><tags><tag>BC3 @ Brockway</tag><tag>Niche</tag><tag>No. 1 Ranking</tag><tag>Success</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2025/bc3-brockway-test-julianna.jpg" alt="Image: a photo of a student in a classroom looking at another student"/></image></item>