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Independence Community College

Independence, Kansas Public 2-year Rural area

Overview

Independence Community College is a public two-year institution in Independence, Kansas. Its campus is in a rural area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 764 students.

Independence Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 28 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are General Studies, Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide, and Liberal Arts and Sciences. It awarded 211 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 8 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 44% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
764
Students enrolled
44%
First-year retention
211
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
28
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 28

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
Health Professions 6
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Business, Management and Marketing 3
Education 1
Visual and Performing Arts 3
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Computer and Information Sciences 4
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Precision Production 1
Social Sciences 1
English Language and Literature 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Psychology 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
44%
First-year retention, part-time students
36%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Associate degrees
123
Certificates under 1 year
76
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
12

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
764
Undergraduates, fall 2024
764
Full-time, fall 2024
55%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
988
Full-time, 2024-25
47%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

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

Women
48%
Men
52%
White
47%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
20%
Two or more races
6%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
13%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
8
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
22%
Students taking some online courses
44%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
Interim-President
Taylor Crawshaw
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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