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Cloud County Community College

Concordia, Kansas · Fringe rural

18%
Transfer rate
$11,685
Avg net price
55%
Grad / completion
$39,883
Median earnings

Cloud County Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Concordia, Kansas (fringe rural setting), enrolling 762 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 762 undergradsFringe ruralNJCAA Division ICold winters

About Concordia, Kansas

Concordia is a city in and the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas, United States. Concordia holds the distinction of being elected the county seat before the town was created. The founder of the town, James M. Hagaman, had created a complete layout of the town on paper including streets, blocks, courthouse, and parks. In November 1905, Concordia resident Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte Brown announced to the townspeople his plans to build the Brown Grand Theatre, a fully outfitted opera house for Concordia. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Fringe rural
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
101 miles to Lincoln, NE
To Great Lakes shore
547 miles
Nearest airport
53 miles to Salina (SLN)

How Cloud County Community College compares

Graduation rate55%

Higher than 43% · #21 of 45 in Kansas

First-year retention71%

Higher than 46%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,883

Higher than 68% · #21 of 42 in Kansas

Average net price$11,685

Cheaper than 63% · #23 cheapest of 46 in Kansas

Median debt at graduation$8,000

Lower than 73%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment762

Larger than 69%

Percentiles compare Cloud County Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Kansas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

762undergrads
  • Women47662%
  • Men28638%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White60%
  • Black10.0%
  • Hispanic11%
  • Asian1.1%
  • Other or multiracial18%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
762
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
21%
First-generation students
40%
Students over 25
10%
Median family income
$28,976
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$47,070
Endowment
$9,696,219

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 260 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Kansas77%
  • Other U.S. states12%
  • International11%

Most first-years stay in state — Cloud County Community College draws overwhelmingly from Kansas.

11% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$3,540
Out-of-state tuition
$4,500
Room & board
$8,000
Books & supplies
$1,600
Total cost of attendance
$17,584
Average net price
$11,685

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
55%
First-year retention
71%
Transferred to another college
18%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$34,705
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$39,883
Median debt at graduation
$8,000
Students with federal loans
7%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
42%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
55%
Low-income (Pell)
34%
First-generation
33%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
304
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
40%
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
224 (124 men · 100 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (8)

Track and Field (Indoor)47
Track and Field (Outdoor)47
Baseball42
Basketball25
Wrestling18
Softball17
Volleyball15
Cross Country13

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
1.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
4

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (1,715 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

2.0reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year1.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
1.3
Rape
0.3
Robbery
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$9,990
$30–48k
$10,171
$48–75k
$11,798
$75–110k
$14,565
$110k+
$15,947

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

44%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$3,319
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 44% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,319. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 228 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$39,883
Typical debt at graduation
$8,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
20%
Out-earn a HS grad
45%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$34,982
Men
$46,991

Men out-earn women by $12,009 (34%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
90°F
Winter low
17°F
Annual rain
30.3″
Annual snow
18.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Concordia 1 W, KS US station (0.5 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.