Kirkwood Community College

6301 Kirkwood Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA
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School Description

Provided by Kirkwood Community College

Mission: Kirkwood Community College

•identifies community needs
•provides accessible, quality education and training
•promotes opportunities for lifelong learning

Kirkwood Community College

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Kirkwood Community College is a community college serving seven counties in Iowa. Kirkwood's main campus is in Cedar Rapids, with additional buildings in Marion, Iowa City, Belle Plaine, Monticello, Tipton, Vinton, Washington and Williamsburg.

The college is named for Samuel J. Kirkwood, an Iowa governor and U.S. Senator in the late 19th century.

The Campus

Kirkwood's main campus is located east of Kirkwood Boulevard, one mile (1.6 km) south of US 30 and east of I 380. The campus includes a working farm, 27 buildings with of interior learning space and a athletic complex. The campus is in the center of the Kirkwood paha, a mile-long loess ridge. The main buildings on campus are aligned with this ridge, with parking, sports facilities and secondary buildings to the north and south.

Highlights

The Hotel at Kirkwood Center will be an upscale 71-room hotel, complete with an elegant gourmet restaurant, operated almost entirely by Hospitality and Culinary Arts students. Once complete in the summer of 2010, this Center for Excellence will be the nation's only such facility at a two-year school, and Kirkwood's students will earn valuable real world experience right on campus.

The Linn Hall Simulation Lab allows health care students to receive hands-on experience in crisis situations in the brand new $3.6 million emergency medicine lab.

Kirkwood will open its Jones County Regional Education Center in the fall of 2009. The center will house state-of-the-art classrooms and vocational labs for academic programs and administrative offices. Eight local school districts, the city of Monticello, the Welter family and Kirkwood Community College partnered to support rural students and sustain a viable, educated workforce.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Midwest
Setting:
Mid-size City Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Very Large (+10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
70%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 5,700
Students Receiving Aid:
100%
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 70%
Part-Time 30%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 83%
Other 11%
African-American 3%
Hispanic 2%
Asian 1%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 93%
Out-of-State 7%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Iowa 93%
Illinois 2%
California 0%
Minnesota 0%
Wisconsin 0%
Percent of Students International: 3%
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 2,850 $ 5,700  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 2,778 37%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 820 6%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 1,085 4%  
Student Loans:
 $ 2,806 56%  
Any Aid:
   100%  

Degree Programs at Kirkwood Community College

Associate's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at Kirkwood Community College

Career Education Majors

Photos

  • South of Linn Hall facing west.
    South of Linn Hall facing west. [source]
  • On top of hill, south of Nielsen Hall facing north.
    On top of hill, south of Nielsen Hall facing north. [source]
  • Aerial view of Kirkwood campus
    Aerial view of Kirkwood campus [source]
  • Nielsen Hall - Home for business students
    Nielsen Hall - Home for business students [source]
  • Kirkwood graduates
    Kirkwood graduates [source]