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Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri Public 2-year Large city

Overview

Located in Kansas City, Missouri, Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City is a public two-year institution. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 13,523 students. It is part of Metropolitan Community Colleges.

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City offers certificates and associate degrees across 43 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Computer Programming, Specific Applications, and Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician. It awarded 3,670 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 5 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 14 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
13,523
Students enrolled
67%
First-year retention
3,670
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
43
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 43

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 1
Engineering Technologies 4
Health Professions 10
Computer and Information Sciences 3
Precision Production 2
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Business, Management and Marketing 4
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Education 2
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 2
Visual and Performing Arts 1
Engineering 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 2
Construction Trades 2
Physical 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
39%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Associate degrees
1,905
Certificates under 1 year
285
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
1,480

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
13,523
Undergraduates, fall 2024
13,523
Full-time, fall 2024
43%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
18,664
Full-time, 2024-25
40%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students

Student body

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

Women
60%
Men
40%
White
54%
Hispanic or Latino
14%
Black or African American
17%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
6%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
5
Programs with a fully online option
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
24%
Students taking some online courses
38%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Metropolitan Community Colleges
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
Chancellor
Kimberly Beatty
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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