Academic Life at Kirkwood Community College

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Kirkwood Community College: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Each topic below links to a dedicated page with the full detail:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

At 20 to 1, the student-to-faculty ratio at Kirkwood Community College is above the national average of 15 to 1. With 100% of instructors full time, Kirkwood Community College is above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition report.

Majors and Fields of Study

Kirkwood Community College offers 55 majors with reported completions across 23 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Kirkwood Community College are shown below:

The most popular majors at Kirkwood Community College, measured by graduates, are listed below.

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors report.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Kirkwood Community College, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Kirkwood Community College offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 7,667 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Kirkwood Community College retains and graduates its students — 71% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Explore Further into Kirkwood Community College

Follow the links below for a deeper look at a specific part of academic life:

• Majors & Degree Programs at Kirkwood Community College — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Kirkwood Community College — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at Kirkwood Community College — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Online Learning at Kirkwood Community College — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation at Kirkwood Community College — regional and program accreditation status