Ivy Tech Community College prepares Indiana residents to learn, live, and work in a diverse and globally competitive environment by delivering professional, technical, transfer, and lifelong education. Through its affordable, open-access education and training programs, the College enhances the development of Indiana’s citizens and communities and strengthens its economy.
VISION
Indiana’s residents, communities, and economy will be transformed by Ivy Tech Community College’s leadership in higher education.
Kokomo is the county seat of Howard County, Indiana, United States, Indiana's 13th largest city. Kokomo's population was 46,113 at the 2006 census.
Kokomo was named after Miami Indian referred to as a chief, but later found to be local legend Ma-Ko-Ko-Mo, which is sometimes spelled as Koh-Koh-Mah or Kokomoko. His name translates to Black Walnut. There was a trading post for commerce between Native Americans and European-Americans here in the early 19th century. David Foster founded the first trading post in Howard County. In 1844, Foster donated forty acres of his land to create a county seat in Kokomo, which was a log courthouse, for use in the community. It was incorporated as a city in 1865.
On October 6, 1886, natural gas was discovered in Kokomo, leading to a "boom" in business. This discovery was directly responsible for Elwood Haynes' move to Kokomo, as he was a superintendent with a gas company with interests in Kokomo and Howard County. The Diamond Plate Glass Company began in Kokomo in 1887, lured by the cheap and plentiful natural gas. This company later became part of Pittsburgh Plate Glass, or PPG.
Kokomo's Nicknames consist of the "City of Firsts" and "Stop Light City" (given by truckers driving through Kokomo on US Highway 31, infamous for its many traffic stops).
Officially known as the "City of Firsts" for, among other achievements, Kokomo was a pioneer of United States automobile manufacturing, with Elwood Haynes test-driving his early internal combustion engine auto there on 4 July, 1894. Haynes and his associates built a number of other autos over the next few years; the Haynes-Apperson Automobile Company for mass-production of commercial autos was established in Kokomo in 1898. One Haynes associate, German immigrant and avid inventor Gene Schneiderman, developed both the first convertible top and windshield wiper for the automobile. Haynes went on to invent Stainless Steel in 1912 to give his wife tarnish-free dinnerware. In 1938, the Delco Radio Division of General Motors (now Delphi) developed the first push button car radio.
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In State vs. Out-of-State
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | In-State | Out-of-State | |
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 2,589 | $ 5,178 | |
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 2,519 | $ 5,108 | |
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 70 | $ 70 | |
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,796 | 53% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 1,734 | 19% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 646 | 9% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,469 | 25% | |
Any Aid: |
69% |
