Kansas City Kansas Community College
- 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.
School Highlights
Kansas City Kansas Community College serves 6,198 students (37% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 25:1 is lower than the state community college average of 27:1.
Minority enrollment is 44% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the state average of 28%.
Top Placements
Kansas City Kansas Community College places among the top 20% of community colleges in Kansas for:
- Category Attribute
- Diversity Diversity in US community colleges
- Diversity Average community college minority breakdown
- Community Size Largest student body
School Overview
The teacher population of 252 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
| Kansas City Kansas Community College | (KS) Community College Avg. | |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 252 staff | 62 staff |
Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS
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.
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Kansas City Kansas Community College is Donnelly College (5.3 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- 474 students | 5.30 Mi608 N 18th St
Kansas City, KS 66102
(913) 621-8700 5.30474 - 18,222 students | 9.20 Mi3200 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 604-1000 9.2018,222 - Concorde Career College-Kansas CityPrivate, for profit590 students | 9.30 Mi3239 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
(816) 531-5223 9.30590 - Brown Mackie College-Kansas CityPrivate, for profit458 students | 11.70 Mi9705 Lenexa Dr.
Lenexa, KS 66215
(913) 768-1900 11.70458 - National American University-Overland ParkPrivate, for profit382 students | 12.70 Mi10310 Mastin
Overland Park, KS 66212
(913) 981-8700 12.70382
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