unitid 153737 · Cedar Rapids, IA · public 2-year · city (midsize)
Kirkwood Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 17,065
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
7,591
87th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
24%
undergrads on Pell grants
26th pctl among public 2-years
completion
43%
finish within 150% time
65th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$15,579
57th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$9,705
after aid, aided students
68th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$41,016
after entry, Title IV students
67th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$12,000
78th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,967 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k30%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k20%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+15%
- Median family income
- $31,617
- First-generation students
- 39%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $6,176
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 660 | $43,552 | $11,938 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 143 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 140 | $62,713 | $22,957 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 135 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 102 | $38,052 | $16,190 |
| Construction Management. | 86 | — | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 80 | $38,976 | $18,616 |
| Agricultural Business and Management. | 72 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 59 | $58,566 | $21,945 |
| Computer Programming. | 56 | — | — |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions. | 56 | $40,143 | $14,978 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 53 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.