by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Kirkwood Community College was awarded 34 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.
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College Factual ranked Kirkwood Community College as #837 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 Kirkwood Community College held the #1,383 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Kirkwood Community College also holds the #16 spot on the Best Colleges in Iowa ranking.
If you are worried about getting into Kirkwood 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.
At Kirkwood 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Kirkwood Community College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Kirkwood Community College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 12,277 undergraduates at Kirkwood Community College with 4,304 being full-time and 7,973 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,510 | $7,652 | $9,643 | $11,989 | $13,167 |
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 Kirkwood Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Kirkwood Community College, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $4,758 a year. That adds up to $19,032 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Kirkwood Community College is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Kirkwood Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6301 Kirkwood Blvd Sw, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-2068 |
| Phone: | 319-398-5411 |
| Website: | www.kirkwood.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 733 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 177 | NA |
| Nursing | 149 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 146 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 104 | NA |
| Construction Management | 101 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 84 | NA |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 76 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 71 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 59 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 6,527 students took at least one online class at Kirkwood Community College. This is a decrease from the 7,464 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,527 | 2,795 |
| 2021-2022 | 7,464 | 3,007 |
| 2020-2021 | 10,548 | 4,594 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,777 | 1,819 |
Learn more about online learning at Kirkwood Community College.
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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