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Iowa Community Colleges

There are 26 community colleges located throughout Iowa (16 public colleges and 10 private colleges), serving 156,085 students.

Iowa Community College by County:

Town	College	# Students
Ankeny	Des Moines Area Community College (Public)	24,658
Calmar	Northeast Iowa Community College-Calmar (Public)	5,136
Cedar Falls	Kaplan University-Cedar Falls Campus (Private for-profit)	617
Cedar Rapids	Kaplan University-Cedar Rapids Campus (Private for-profit)	749
Cedar Rapids	Kirkwood Community College (Public)	18,578
Clive	ITT Technical Institute - Clive (Private for-profit)	316
Council Bluffs	Kaplan University-Council Bluffs Campus (Private for-profit)	355
Council Bluffs	Iowa Western Community College (Public)	6,799
Creston	Southwestern Community College (Creston) (Public)	1,753
Davenport	Eastern Iowa Community College District (Public)	9,365
Davenport	Kaplan University (Private, for-profit)	45,153
Des Moines	Vatterott College (Des Moines) (Private for-profit)	568
Des Moines	Aib College Of Business (Private, non-profit)	985
Estherville	Iowa Lakes Community College (Public)	3,264
Fort Dodge	Iowa Central Community College (Public)	6,204
Iowa Falls	Ellsworth Community College (Public)	1,078
Marshalltown	Marshalltown Community College (Public)	2,078
Mason City	North Iowa Area Community College (Public)	3,744
Mason City	Kaplan University-Mason City Campus (Private for-profit)	348
Ottumwa	Indian Hills Community College (Public)	5,516
Sheldon	Northwest Iowa Community College (Public)	1,654
Sioux City	Western Iowa Tech Community College (Public)	6,421
Sioux City	St Luke's College (Private not-for-profit)	189
Urbandale	Kaplan University-Des Moines Campus (Private for-profit)	293
Waterloo	Hawkeye Community College (Public)	6,663
West Burlington	Southeastern Community College (West Burlington) (Public)	3,601

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Pima Community College Placed on Probation

Published May 06, 2013

We explore the reasons behind the recent probation of Pima Community College, and what the Arizona school plans to do to bring their credentials back up to par once again.

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Note: Data has been gathered from the Dept. of Education, schools, and commercial data sources.