Kansas City Kansas Community College

7250 State Ave, Kansas City, KS, 66112 - View a map of this school Map

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Kansas City Kansas Community College is a public, urban, open-door, and comprehensive community college committed to excellence in higher education. Through an accessible and supportive learning environment, the college mission is to provide higher education and lifelong learning to the varied communities, primarily in its service area of Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties....

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School Overview:

  • Kansas City Kansas Community College
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County Wyandotte County, KS -
Title IV Eligible Yes Yes
Carnegie Classification Associate of Arts Colleges Associate of Arts Colleges
Institution Level At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs
Institution Control Public Public
Full-Time Undergraduate 1,931 students 1,020 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 3,616 students 1,443 students
Total Enrollment 5,547 students 2,213 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 73% 78%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 40% 46%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $2,910 $2,845
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 1% 29%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $842 $1,275
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 34% 12%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $1,812 $1,147
% Students Receiving Loans 21% 38%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $3,546 $3,143

School Notes:

  • Kansas City Kansas Community College seeks to provide an educational environment that encourages a strong commitment to high academic standards that sustains and advances excellence in learning and encourages challenging, innovative, and varied programs, teaching methods, and delivery systems; enhances student intellectual and social development to the fullest extent possible; and stresses the attitudes, behaviors, responsibilities, and skills required for effective learning and citizenship in a multicultural democracy.
  • The college provides transfer education in the liberal arts and sciences, career education in a technical or professional field, general education and support services, continuing education and developmental education.
  • The college provides community services that offer cultural and recreational activities, provide access to college facilities, and that serve as a planning, research, and resource center to the college's varied communities.
  • The college seeks to provide a multicultural environment that reflects and respects diversity and seeks to increase understanding and appreciation of differences. A campus environment that promotes the teaching and learning process through accessible, comfortable, safe, and well-maintained facilities.
  • Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

  • KCKCC players receive post-season honors (Kansas City Kansan)
    posted on March 18, 2010 at 08:34:16 pm
    By ALAN HOSKINS, Kansan Contributor Three record-setting Kansas City Kansas Community College basketball players have earned second team All-Jayhawk East Conference recognition for their play in 2009-10. Sophomore Derick Denny and freshman Dennis Tinnon were named to the Jayhawk East men’s second team while freshman Alyssa Rushton was named to the women’s All-East unit. A 6-4 sophomore guard ...
  • Remember when (Basehor Sentinel)
    posted on March 18, 2010 at 05:15:47 am
    Area memories from 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago
  • Gardner Edgerton wrestler Curtis wins at Metro Classic (The Olathe News)
    posted on March 15, 2010 at 04:17:45 pm
    Missouri senior wrestlers beat their Kansas senior counterparts 36-27 in the 18th Annual Metro Class
  • KCKCC women's team to return solid nucleus (Kansas City Kansan)
    posted on March 15, 2010 at 02:07:06 pm
    By ALAN HOSKINS, Kansan Contributor Famed poet John Greenleaf Whittier once wrote “For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’ ” Such was the plight of the 2009-10 women’s basketball team at Kansas City Kansas Community College in search of its first winning season since 1998-99. For the second straight season, Coach Valerie Stambersky lost her leading ...
  • KCKCC men's team re-write history (Kansas City Kansan)
    posted on March 12, 2010 at 03:40:47 pm
    By ALAN HOSKINS, Kansan Contributor The basketball record books at Kansas City Kansas Community College are going under a major revamping after one of the most successful combined seasons in recent years. Not only did the Blue Devil men become only the fourth team in KCKCC history to win 21 games and the Lady Blue Devils win the most games (15) since 1999, the two teams were among the leaders in ...

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