Kirkwood Community College Business Programs

Kirkwood Community College is a public institution located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cedar Rapids is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Kirkwood Community College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Kirkwood Community College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Construction Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Most Popular Construction Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Value Specialized Sales Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Value Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Most Popular Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#57	Best Value Accounting Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#79	Best Value Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#180	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Kirkwood Community College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#6	Best Value Colleges for Construction Management	College Factual
#25	Best Value Colleges for Finance	College Factual
#31	Best Value Colleges for Finance & Financial Management	College Factual
#53	Best Value Colleges for Marketing	College Factual
#120	Best Value Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#130	Best Value Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Kirkwood Community College?

Contact details for Kirkwood Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6301 Kirkwood Blvd Sw, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-2068
Phone:	319-398-5411
Website:	www.kirkwood.edu

How Do I Get Into Kirkwood Community College?

You can apply to Kirkwood Community College online at: www.kirkwood.edu/apply

Kirkwood Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Kirkwood Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Kirkwood Community College, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $4,686 a year. That adds up to $18,744 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Kirkwood Community College is 12.3%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Kirkwood Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 12,277 undergraduate students at Kirkwood Community College, with 4,304 being full-time and 7,973 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,304 full-time undergraduates at Kirkwood Community College, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kirkwood Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	75
Black or African American	373
Hispanic or Latino	312
White	3,182
International Students	87
Other Races/Ethnicities	275

Over 49 countries are represented at Kirkwood Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Congo, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Kirkwood Community College

In 2019-2020, 10,548 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Kirkwood Community College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 12th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Kirkwood Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kirkwood Community College was 37.4%. This is the #684 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Kirkwood Community College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Kirkwood Community College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	29	88	0	117
Construction Management	57	16	7	80
Accounting	14	12	0	26
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	0	15	6	21
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	4	13	0	17
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling	0	14	0	14
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	9	2	0	11
Finance	0	9	0	9
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	113	171	13	297

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.