Barton County Community College - Community College Profile

Academic Overview

Barton County Community College is a 2-4 years, public school located in Great Bend, Kansas.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $4,032 for Kansas residents and $4,960 for other students on average. It offers 107 degree programs through 30 Certificate, 77 Associate's programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 43 programs (10 Certificate, 33 Associate's programs).

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	245 NE 30th Road, Great Bend, KS
Phone	620-792-2701
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$4,032 Out-of-State$4,960
Student Population »	5,092 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	33%
Transfer-out Rate	15%
Retention Rate	52% (Full-time) 20% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$4,850
Students to Faculty	18:1 (5.56%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$35,500

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees are $4,032 for Kansas residents and $4,960 for out-of-state students at Barton County Community College. Its tuition & fees are cheaper than the average tuition ($6,279) over public community colleges in Kansas.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at Barton County Community College. Then, we compare its costs to Kansas community colleges and all U.S. community colleges. In addition, the chart shows the changes in tuition over the last 5 years.

Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs at the school. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	Kansas Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$4,032	$4,960
Books & Supplies	$1,460
On-Campus Living Costs	$10,815
Off-Campus Living Costs	$13,910
Average Financial Aid	$4,850
Cost of Attendance	$16,307	$17,235
After Financial Aid	$11,457	$12,385
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$35,500

Cost per Credit Hour

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	Kansas Residents	Out-of-State Students
Barton County Community College	$4,032	$4,960
Public Community Colleges in Kansas	$5,565	$6,279
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$5,207	$8,749

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Barton County Community College offers Certificate and Associate's programs. Of that, 43 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 10 Certificate, 33 Associate's. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Total Number of Programs
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	10	33	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	30	77	NOT OFFERED

The next tables list major programs with offered degrees and online availability. The number on each column denotes the conferred degree of the program.

The numbers include completers through on-campus classes and partially online classes as well as only online classes. Only in Classroom means that the program is offered only on-site classes and not offered denotes that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

what is Agriculture program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Production Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Veterinary Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Forestry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Journalism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Computer and Information Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	1 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	5 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Personal and Culinary Services

what is Personal and Culinary Services program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Education	NOT OFFERED	14 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Engineering	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	3 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	2 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Foreign Languages and Literatures	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Child Care and Support Services Management	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Pre-Law Studies	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	NOT OFFERED	298 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	71 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Wildlife Biology	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

what is Military Technologies and Applied Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Command & Control (C3, C4I Systems and Operations)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Philosophy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	18 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Criminal Justice/Police Science	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other)	3 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	1 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Public Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Social Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Economics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mechanics and Repairers

what is Mechanics and Repairers program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Visual and Performing Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dance	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Health and Wellness	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	5 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical/Clinical Assistant	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Athletic Training/Trainer	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	NOT OFFERED	16 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Dentistry Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Pharmacy Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Nursing Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dietetics/Dietitian	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	51 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	20 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	15 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
History	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 5,092 students at Barton County Community College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 1,547 male students and 2,201 female students are attending the school.

The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	3,748	1,336	2,412
Male Students	1,547	557	990
Female Students	2,201	779	1,422

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Barton County Community College, there are 4,269 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 2,522 students were attending classes through distance learning (1,661 students are enrolled exclusively and 861 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	4,269
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	1,661
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	861
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	1,747