Community colleges
Community Colleges in Kansas
CampusPin lists 25 public community colleges among Kansas's 60 colleges, about 41.7% of the state's institutions. Community colleges are the most affordable on-ramp to higher education, with a median published in-state tuition of $4,046 in this snapshot.
Kansas community colleges by the numbers
- Community colleges
- 25
- Share of state colleges
- 41.7%
- Median published in-state tuition
- $4,046
- National public 2-year median
- $4,288
- Lowest published tuition
- Johnson County Community College ($2,424)
Counts and shares come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution snapshot; the tuition median is the published in-state figure from the tuition-by-state snapshot. Those cover every community college in the state. Here a community college means a public two-year college; private two-year and career schools are not counted. The list below covers all 25 of them. Published prices are before financial aid, net price is typically lower, and lower tuition is not a measure of quality.
What work without a bachelor's degree pays in Kansas
72% of jobs in Kansas are in occupations the federal government reports as typically entered with an associate degree, a certificate, some college, a high-school diploma, or no formal credential. 30% of that employment pays more than $48,010, the median wage across all occupations there.
- Jobs not typically needing a bachelor's
- 72%
- Of those, paying above the local median
- 30%
- Kansas median wage, all occupations
- $48,010
- Best-paid such occupation in Kansas
- Air traffic controllers ($159,700) — typically entered with an associate's degree
These figures describe occupations, not graduates. They do not measure what community-college students in Kansas earn, and they are not evidence that any credential caused the pay. Typical entry education is a national assignment describing what people entering an occupation usually hold, not a requirement and not a guarantee that a particular employer accepts it. A median describes everyone working in an occupation, experienced and new alike, so it is not a starting salary, and wages are not adjusted for cost of living.
All community colleges in Kansas
- Allen County Community College, Iola · $4,260 published in-state tuition
- Barton County Community College, Great Bend · $3,680 published in-state tuition
- Butler Community College, El Dorado · $3,541 published in-state tuition
- Cloud County Community College, Concordia · $3,540 published in-state tuition
- Coffeyville Community College, Coffeyville · $3,600 published in-state tuition
- Colby Community College, Colby · $4,140 published in-state tuition
- Cowley County Community College, Arkansas City · $4,800 published in-state tuition
- Dodge City Community College, Dodge City · $4,650 published in-state tuition
- Flint Hills Technical College, Emporia · $6,400 published in-state tuition
- Fort Scott Community College, Fort Scott · $3,390 published in-state tuition
- Garden City Community College, Garden City · $3,690 published in-state tuition
- Highland Community College, Highland · $4,080 published in-state tuition
- Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson · $3,540 published in-state tuition
- Independence Community College, Independence · $4,560 published in-state tuition
- Johnson County Community College, Overland Park · $2,424 published in-state tuition
- Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City · $3,210 published in-state tuition
- Labette Community College, Parsons · $4,064 published in-state tuition
- Manhattan Area Technical College, Manhattan · $9,844 published in-state tuition
- Neosho County Community College, Chanute · $5,780 published in-state tuition
- North Central Kansas Technical College, Beloit · $7,350 published in-state tuition
- Northwest Kansas Technical College, Goodland
- Pratt Community College, Pratt · $4,256 published in-state tuition
- Salina Area Technical College, Salina · $7,128 published in-state tuition
- Seward County Community College, Liberal · $4,032 published in-state tuition
- Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology, Wichita · $7,238 published in-state tuition
Why start at a Kansas community college?
Community colleges typically offer open or less-selective admission, the lowest published tuition of any sector, and transfer pathways that let students complete lower-division coursework before moving to a four-year university. They also serve working and returning students with part-time, evening, and online options. Confirm transfer-credit and articulation agreements with each college and your target university. Because two-year colleges anchor the low-cost end of every state's mix, our cost and outcomes by state research puts that affordability in context against each state's overall medians.
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Data sources & methodology
Community-college counts and shares for Kansas come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution and tuition-by-state snapshots; the college list is compiled live from each institution's record.
Sources used across this page
Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.
IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
Institutional websites
Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.
Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. Community Colleges in Kansas. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/community-colleges-in/kansas