Services Areas of MA Community Colleges

The advantages of geocoding and generating service areas are, first a business could take their customer’s information and create a map based upon their location/address. Second once the map is created, the business can use the map to generate a service area within a set distance.  This will enable the business to visually see where their customers travel from or create new marketing ideas that would target areas shown on the map that are not within a set distance from the business.  

This map was created by Generating Service Areas of the Community Colleges in MA.  The map shows a 20 mile radius from the colleges in which it can service.

 

The majority of community colleges that are well within the 20 mile radius are located in Eastern Massachusetts. Most of these colleges overlap one another which increase the accessibility to attend college.  The community colleges that are located from Worcester to Western Massachusetts can service most of the larger populations within this area but not all areas have access to a college.  

This map indicates several options for the Community Colleges of Massachusetts.  First, the state could close two possible locations in the Boston area, due to the excessive overlapping. Second, relocate the two colleges in Eastern Ma to areas within Western Ma that are not currently serviced by an existing community college. Lastly, create satellite campuses in the locations that are outside the 20 mile radius of the existing community colleges in western Massachusetts and also take into consideration obtaining locations that are accessible to Interstate and US Highways.