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Kalamazoo Valley Community College

Kalamazoo, Michigan Public 2-year Midsize suburb

Overview

Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a public two-year institution based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Its campus is in a midsize suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 6,334 students.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 54 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, and Registered Nursing. It awarded 1,007 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 64% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
6,334
Students enrolled
64%
First-year retention
1,007
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
54
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 54

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 9
Engineering Technologies 5
Business, Management and Marketing 4
Computer and Information Sciences 9
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 2
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 2
Precision Production 2
Engineering 1
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 4
Communications Technologies 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Visual and Performing Arts 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Education 4
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Science Technologies 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 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
64%
First-year retention, part-time students
50%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Associate degrees
819
Certificates under 1 year
78
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
110

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
6,334
Undergraduates, fall 2024
6,334
Full-time, fall 2024
28%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
9,511
Full-time, 2024-25
21%
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
55%
Men
45%
White
62%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
14%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
6%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
31%
Students taking some online courses
39%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Dr. L Marshal Washington
Services and opportunities
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

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