We are committed to enriching the lives of our students and communities through quality educational programs and services.
To accomplish these ends, we will:
* Support student goal achievement through access to learning experiences and assessment.
* Support a balance between a comprehensive curricular base and innovations in education, personal development and technology by strategically utilizing resources.
* Provide curriculum and supportive services relevant to the needs of individuals, enterprise and government.
* Maintain a learning environment built upon the inclusivity of ideas of all cultures and ethnic backgrounds.
* Support economic vitality and stability through development of a skilled local workforce.
* Integrate the components of campus-based instruction, M-TEC and the Kalamazoo Valley Museum to support student and community needs.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a two-year community college in southwest Michigan that offers degrees and certificates in scores of academic programs, occupations and trades. It prepares students for transfer to any four-year university in the country and for entry-level jobs after training in nationally accredited vocational, business, technology, and health-care programs. It also offers workshops and seminars for law enforcement professionals, health care professionals, personal development, supervisory management, computer software, manufacturing processes and many more.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) has locations in downtown Kalamazoo and southwest of Kalamazoo, in Texas Charter Township. The original campus, referred to as the Texas Township Campus, is outside of Kalamazoo's city limits, near the I-94 and US-131 interchange, and adjacent to the Al Sabo Preserve.
KVCC's Arcadia Commons Campus in downtown Kalamazoo includes Anna Whitten Hall, the Center for New Media and the Kalamazoo Valley Museum.
The Michigan Technical Education Center (M-TEC) which is a workforce-development and training entity for Southwest Michigan, is located in the Groves near the Texas Township Campus. The Groves is the college's business-education-technology park that was established in 2001 as an economic-development initiative.
The community college district was established by voters in 1966, enrolled its first students in the fall of 1968, and currently enrolls more than 13,500 students. With the selection of Marilyn J. Schlack as its second president in 1982 , KVCC was the first two-year college in Michigan to have a female president.
As recommended by a citizens committee, KVCC assumed the governance of Kalamazoo's public museum, passed a charter tax to support its operations, and successfully completed a $20-million capital campaign to build what is now the Kalamazoo Valley Museum in downtown Kalamazoo. Since its opening in February of 1996, it has attracted 1.25 million visitors. In 2004, KVCC opened the Center for New Media as part of the Arcadia Commons Campus to teach the creativity and skills needed by employees in the Information Age that has spawned the worldwide web and e-commerce. Programs include graphic design, video game art, animation, e Business and several more.
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| Percent of Students International: | 1% |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-District | In-State | Out-of-State |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 1,320 | $ 2,256 | $ 3,072 |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 1,705 | $ 2,914 | $ 3,968 |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 1,657 | 23% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 732 | 27% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 701 | 7% | |
Any Aid: |
57% |
