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Garden City Community College

Garden City, Kansas Public 2-year Remote town

Overview

Located in Garden City, Kansas, Garden City Community College is a public two-year institution. Its campus is in a remote town. Fall 2024 enrollment was 2,079 students.

Garden City Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 24 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Welding Technology, and Agricultural and Food Products Processing. It awarded 788 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 4 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 67% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Mission

Garden City Community College exists to produce positive contributors to the economic and social well-being of society.

Mission statement as reported by Garden City Community College

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,079
Students enrolled
67%
First-year retention
788
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
24
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 24

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 3
Precision Production 1
Health Professions 9
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Construction Trades 1
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
67%
First-year retention, part-time students
40%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
382
Certificates under 1 year
310
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
96

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,079
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,079
Full-time, fall 2024
55%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,782
Full-time, 2024-25
46%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
56%
Men
44%
White
33%
Hispanic or Latino
47%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
2%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
5%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
4
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
25%
Students taking some online courses
41%

Campus and services

Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Dr. Ryan Ruda
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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