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Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri · Large city

15%
Transfer rate
$8,398
Avg net price
34%
Grad / completion
$40,796
Median earnings

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City is a public associate-granting institution in Kansas City, Missouri (large city setting), enrolling 10,649 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 10,649 undergradsLarge cityOtherCold winters

About Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by both population and area. The Kansas City metropolitan area straddles the border between Missouri and Kansas at Kaw Point, and was considered a good place to settle. The Antioch Christian Church, Dr. James Compton House, and Woodneath are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Kansas City, Missouri is abbreviated as KCMO and the metropolitan area as KC. Residents are Kansas Citians. It is officially nicknamed the City of Fountains. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Associate
To Great Lakes shore
414 miles
Nearest airport
17 miles to Kansas City (MCI) · major hub

How Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City compares

Graduation rate34%

Higher than 18% · #64 of 70 in Missouri

First-year retention67%

Higher than 38%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$40,796

Higher than 71% · #17 of 62 in Missouri

Average net price$8,398

Cheaper than 77% · #12 cheapest of 68 in Missouri

Median debt at graduation$10,073

Lower than 45%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment10,649

Larger than 97%

Percentiles compare Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City 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 Missouri.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

10,649undergrads
  • Women6,42960%
  • Men4,22040%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White53%
  • Black17%
  • Hispanic16%
  • Asian3.0%
  • Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
10,649
Student–faculty ratio
14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
31%
First-generation students
45%
Students over 25
25%
Median family income
$23,286
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$76,248
Endowment
$5,999,451

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 2,925 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Missouri98%
  • Other U.S. states2.1%

Most first-years stay in state — Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City draws overwhelmingly from Missouri.

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
$3,630
Out-of-state tuition
$9,600
Room & board
Books & supplies
$2,064
Total cost of attendance
$14,665
Average net price
$8,398

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
34%
First-year retention
67%
Transferred to another college
15%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,026
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$40,796
Median debt at graduation
$10,073
Students with federal loans
4%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
34%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
34%
Low-income (Pell)
19%
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
Other
Varsity athletes
175 (95 men · 80 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 (7)

Soccer58
Baseball42
Basketball26
Softball23
Volleyball14
Golf9
Cross Country3

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

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.7 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
26

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 5 campuses (13,523 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.

9.3reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year8.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
7.3
Burglary
1.3
Rape
0.3
Aggravated assault
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
$7,279
$30–48k
$7,449
$48–75k
$9,621
$75–110k
$10,667
$110k+
$13,171

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.

15%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,535
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 15% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,535. 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 2,022 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)
$40,796
Typical debt at graduation
$10,073
Debt vs. one year's pay
25%
Out-earn a HS grad
48%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 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
$37,998
Men
$46,595

Men out-earn women by $8,597 (23%) 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
22°F
Annual rain
38.1″
Annual snow
11″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Kansas City Downtown AP, MO US station (3.6 mi from campus).

What Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City graduates study — and earn

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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Colleges near Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City

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.