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Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, Kansas · Midsize city

20%
Transfer rate
$14,176
Avg net price
31%
Grad / completion
$45,387
Median earnings

Johnson County Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Overland Park, Kansas (midsize city setting), enrolling 11,332 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 11,332 undergradsMidsize cityNJCAA Division ICold winters

About Overland Park, Kansas

Overland Park is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. In 1905, William B. Strang Jr. arrived and began to plot subdivisions along an old military roadway, which later became the city's principal thoroughfare. He developed large portions of what would later become downtown Overland Park. The Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is 300 acres (120 ha). The Oak Park Mall is one of the area's top shopping locations with nearly 200 stores. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Associate
To Great Lakes shore
425 miles
Nearest airport
26 miles to Kansas City (MCI) · major hub

How Johnson County Community College compares

Graduation rate31%

Higher than 13% · #42 of 45 in Kansas

First-year retention72%

Higher than 47%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$45,387

Higher than 84% · #10 of 42 in Kansas

Average net price$14,176

Cheaper than 54% · #26 cheapest of 46 in Kansas

Median debt at graduation$8,750

Lower than 67%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment11,332

Larger than 97%

Percentiles compare Johnson 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

11,332undergrads
  • Women6,49257%
  • Men4,84043%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White55%
  • Black7.5%
  • Hispanic17%
  • Asian3.9%
  • Other or multiracial17%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
11,332
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
17%
First-generation students
37%
Students over 25
25%
Median family income
$29,784
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$81,963
Endowment
$32,635,795

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 2,176 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Kansas89%
  • Other U.S. states7.5%
  • International3.4%

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

3% 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
$2,424
Out-of-state tuition
$5,688
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,560
Total cost of attendance
$19,785
Average net price
$14,176

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
31%
First-year retention
72%
Transferred to another college
20%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$39,003
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$45,387
Median debt at graduation
$8,750
Students with federal loans
8%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
40%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
31%
Low-income (Pell)
20%
First-generation
19%

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
No
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
162 (89 men · 73 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 (5)

Soccer54
Baseball45
Basketball30
Softball18
Volleyball15

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

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
4
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 3 campuses (18,743 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.

1.7reported offenses a year
1.3 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
1.0
Aggravated assault
0.3
Motor vehicle theft
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
$12,403
$30–48k
$13,057
$48–75k
$15,386
$75–110k
$17,514
$110k+
$19,363

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.

23%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,995
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 23% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,995. 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 1,298 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)
$45,387
Typical debt at graduation
$8,750
Debt vs. one year's pay
19%
Out-earn a HS grad
55%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.9 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
$41,989
Men
$50,160

Men out-earn women by $8,171 (19%) 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
88°F
Winter low
20°F
Annual rain
40.7″
Annual snow
13.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Olathe 3E, KS US station (3.1 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.