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Iowa Central Community College Data & Information Overview

21 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
Get the facts about Iowa Central Community College. Learn how it ranks, what majors it offers, how diverse it is, and much more. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Iowa Central Community College Ranked?

#498 Best Colleges in Nation
#7 Best Colleges in IA
General Studies Highest Ranked Major
Value Badge

2025 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Iowa Central Community College was awarded 21 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Iowa Central Community College as #498 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Iowa Central Community College held the #1,041 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Iowa Central Community College is also ranked #7 out of 37 schools in Iowa.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Iowa Central Community College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Iowa Central Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.

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Iowa Central Community College Faculty

19 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Iowa Central Community College, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Iowa Central Community College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Iowa Central Community College

53% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Iowa Central Community College this rate is 53%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  53 out of 100
0
100

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Iowa Central Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,341 Full-Time Undergraduates
32.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
47.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,704 undergraduates at Iowa Central Community College with 2,341 being full-time and 2,363 being part-time.

How Much Does Iowa Central Community College Cost?

$9,612 Net Price
47% Take Out Loans
$20,840 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Iowa Central Community College is $9,612. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Iowa Central Community College

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$8,238$8,649$9,828$11,745$12,545

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Iowa Central Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Iowa Central Community College, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $5,210 a year. That adds up to $20,840 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Iowa Central Community College Graduates Make?

$42,046 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Iowa Central Community College make around $42,046 per year during the early years of their employment. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Iowa Central Community College

Iowa State
2,341 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Iowa Central Community College is a public institution located in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The surrounding location of Fort Dodge is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Iowa Central Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address:One Triton Circle, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Phone:515-576-7201
Website:www.iowacentral.edu/

Iowa Central Community College Majors

59 Majors With Completions
2,266 Undergraduate Degrees
2,266 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 59 majors graduated from Iowa Central Community College. Of these students, 2,266 received undergraduate degrees and 2,266 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies412NA
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants212NA
Nursing76NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair46NA
Precision Metal Working37NA
Accounting27NA
Business Administration & Management27NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections27NA
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers24NA
Computer Systems Networking23NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Iowa Central Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Iowa Central Community College

29% Take At Least One Class Online
11% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2022-2023, 1,449 students took at least one online class at Iowa Central Community College. This is an increase from the 1,314 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-20231,449552
2021-20221,314458
2020-20211,543662
2018-20191,537825

Learn more about online learning at Iowa Central Community College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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