Located in El Dorado, Kansas, Butler Community College is a public two-year institution. The campus sits in a town setting. It enrolled 6,841 students in fall 2024.
Butler Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 104 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Registered Nursing, and Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide. It awarded 1,512 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 28 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
The school has an open admission policy. 63% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1.
Key figures
Open
Admission policy
6,841
Students enrolled
63%
First-year retention
1,512
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
104
Programs and majors
19:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociate
Programs and majors offered 104
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
63%
First-year retention, part-time students
38%
Student-to-faculty ratio
19:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Associate degrees
1,030
Certificates under 1 year
323
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
159
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
6,841
Undergraduates, fall 2024
6,841
Full-time, fall 2024
43%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
9,503
Full-time, 2024-25
41%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
63%
Men
37%
White
59%
Hispanic or Latino
16%
Black or African American
9%
Asian
4%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
4%
Race or ethnicity unknown
8%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
28
Programs with a fully online option
4
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
40%
Students taking some online courses
39%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Dr. Tamara Daniel
Services and opportunities
Undergraduate research, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization