Dodge City Community College - Community College Profile

Academic Overview

Dodge City Community College is a 2-4 years, public school located in Dodge City, Kansas.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $5,550 for Kansas residents and $5,850 for other students on average. It offers 93 degree programs through 26 Certificate, 67 Associate's programs.

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	2501 N 14th Ave, Dodge City, KS
Phone	620-225-1321
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$5,550 Out-of-State$5,850
Student Population »	1,655 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	35%
Transfer-out Rate	14%
Retention Rate	55% (Full-time) 40% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$6,394
Students to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$37,300

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees are $5,550 for Kansas residents and $5,850 for out-of-state students at Dodge City 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 Dodge City 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	$5,550	$5,850
On-Campus Living Costs	$11,346
Off-Campus Living Costs	$12,868
Average Financial Aid	$6,394
Cost of Attendance	$16,896	$17,196
After Financial Aid	$10,502	$10,802
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$37,300

Cost per Credit Hour

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	Kansas Residents	Out-of-State Students
Dodge City Community College	$5,550	$5,850
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

Dodge City Community College offers Certificate and Associate's programs - 26 Certificate, 67 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	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	26	67	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
Agriculture	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Livestock Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agronomy and Crop Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Veterinary Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Architecture

what is Architecture program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Architecture and Related Services (other)	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

Communications Technologies

what is Communications Technologies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Computer Programming/Programmer	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Personal and Culinary Services

what is Personal and Culinary Services program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	21 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Elementary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Pre-Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	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	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Pre-Law Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	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	136 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Wildlife Biology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

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

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Astronomy	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	2 completers ONLY IN 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	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Social Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Construction Trades

what is Construction Trades program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Electrical and Power Transmission Installation/Installer	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrician	12 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Building Construction Technology	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mechanics and Repairers

what is Mechanics and Repairers program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	15 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medium/Heavy Vehicle and Truck Technology/Technician	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Precision Production Trades

what is Precision Production Trades program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Welding Technology/Welder	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Transportation and Materials Moving

what is Transportation and Materials Moving program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Flight Instructor	NOT OFFERED	17 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Fine Arts and Art Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

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

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dental Services and Allied Professions (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physician Assistant	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Athletic Training/Trainer	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN 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	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Chiropractic Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Optometry Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Dietetics/Dietitian	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	18 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 1,655 students at Dodge City Community College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 835 male students and 896 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	1,731	828	903
Male Students	835	479	356
Female Students	896	349	547

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Dodge City Community College, there are 1,670 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 922 students were attending classes through distance learning (299 students are enrolled exclusively and 623 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,670
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	299
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	623
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	748