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Barton County Community College

Barton County Community College is a Public, 2-4 years school located in Great Bend, KS. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $4,832 over its programs in average.
The school has a total enrollment of 4,269 and it offers 30 programs(8 online programs).
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2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Barton County Community College is $4,832 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.
Barton County Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .
46% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,509 (exclude student loans).
Barton County CC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees$4,832
Average Financial Amount$4,509

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Barton County Community College offers 30 vocational programs for Less than 12-Week Certificate, Less than 1-Year Certificate, and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.
Last year, 989 students have completed their career programs.
Offered Career Programs at Barton County Community College
Award LevelTotal Number of ProgramsAvailable Online ClassNumber of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate50163
Less than 1 Year Certificate103180
2 Years Certificate15153
Total304989

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.
  • 163 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
  • 180 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
  • 53 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
  • 593 students have earned/completed Associate's program.
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompletersAverage Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology [+] ✕ 44 completers-
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician✕44-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✕ 119 completers-
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance)✕29-
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist✕8-
Medication Aide✕12-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide✕70-
Total163
Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompletersAverage Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Quality Control Technology/Technician✕0-
Work and Family Studies [+] ✔ (1 completers) 5 completers-
Child Care and Support Services Management✔5-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Corrections✕0-
Construction Trades [+] ✕ 34 completers-
Carpentry/Carpenter✕15-
Plumbing Technology/Plumber✕19-
Mechanics and Repairers [+] ✕ 4 completers-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician✕4-
Precision Production Trades [+] ✕ 89 completers-
Welding Technology/Welder✕89-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✔ (2 completers) 48 completers-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant✔6-
Dietitian Assistant✔42-
Business [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Business Administration and Management✕0-
Total180
1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompletersAverage Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Agricultural Production Operations✕0-
Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production✕0-
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management✕0-
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications✕0-
Engineering Technology [+] ✕ 16 completers-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician✕1-
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)✕15-
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Command & Control (C3, C4I Systems and Operations)✕0-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+] ✕ 3 completers-
Criminal Justice/Police Science✕0-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other)✕3-
Mechanics and Repairers [+] ✕ 4 completers-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician✕4-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✔ 30 completers-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder✔7-
Medical/Clinical Assistant✕2-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)✕0-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician✕0-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training✕21-
Total53
Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompletersAverage Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+] ✕ 1 completers-
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations✕1-
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling✕0-
Agricultural Production Operations✕0-
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management✕0-
Pre-Veterinary Studies✕0-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Forestry✕0-
Communication and Journalism [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric✕0-
Journalism✕0-
Computer and Information Sciences [+] ✕ 8 completers-
Computer and Information Sciences✕0-
Information Science/Studies✕1-
Computer Science✕4-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications✕3-
Personal and Culinary Services [+] ✕ 1 completers-
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science✕1-
Education [+] ✔ (1 completers) 13 completers-
Education✔13-
Engineering [+] ✕ 1 completers-
Engineering✕1-
Engineering Technology [+] ✕ 19 completers-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician✕3-
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians (other)✕0-
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)✕12-
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician✕4-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Foreign Languages and Literatures✕0-
Work and Family Studies [+] ✔ (1 completers) 4 completers-
Child Care and Support Services Management✔4-
Legal Studies [+] ✕ 2 completers-
Pre-Law Studies✕2-
English Language and Literature [+] ✔ (1 completers) 1 completers-
English Language and Literature✔1-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+] ✔ (1 completers) 382 completers-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies✔314-
General Studies✕68-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies✕0-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+] ✔ (2 completers) 5 completers-
Biology/Biological Sciences✔3-
Wildlife Biology✔2-
Mathematics and Statistics [+] ✔ (1 completers) 0 completers-
Mathematics✔0-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)✕0-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+] ✕ 10 completers-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness✕4-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management✕4-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science✕2-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+] ✕ 0 completers-
Philosophy✕0-
Physical Sciences [+] ✔ (2 completers) 1 completers-
Physical Sciences✔0-
Chemistry✔0-
Physics✕1-
Psychology [+] ✔ (1 completers) 15 completers-
Psychology✔15-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+] ✕ 9 completers-
Criminal Justice/Police Science✕5-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other)✕4-
Human Services [+] ✕ 5 completers-
Public Administration✕0-
Social Work✕5-
Social Sciences [+] ✔ (3 completers) 2 completers-
Social Sciences✕0-
Anthropology✔1-
Economics✕1-
Political Science and Government✔0-
Sociology✔0-
Mechanics and Repairers [+] ✕ 1 completers-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician✕1-
Visual and Performing Arts [+] ✕ 2 completers-
Visual and Performing Arts✕0-
Dance✕1-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts✕1-
Art/Art Studies✕0-
Music✕0-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] ✔ (2 completers) 73 completers-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator✕0-
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist✔3-
Medical/Clinical Assistant✕3-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)✕13-
Athletic Training/Trainer✕2-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician✔14-
Pre-Dentistry Studies✕0-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies✕0-
Pre-Pharmacy Studies✕0-
Pre-Nursing Studies✕2-
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies✕0-
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies✕0-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)✕6-
Dietetics/Dietitian✕6-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse✕24-
Business [+] ✔ (2 completers) 34 completers-
Business/Commerce✔13-
Business Administration and Management✕12-
Accounting✕4-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping✕2-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science✔1-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration✕2-
History [+] ✔ 2 completers-
History✔2-
Total593

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 4,269 students are attending at Barton County Community College. There are 55 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 122 part-time faculty teaching for the school.
The students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 (5.56%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 279 (full-time) and 175 (part-time).
The graduation rate of Barton County Community College is 41% and transfer-out rate is 17%. The retention rate is 50% at the school.
Barton County CC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population4,269
Graduation Rate41%
Number of Faculty177
Student to Faculty Ratio18 to 1

Student Population at Barton County CC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,748 students enrolled into Barton County Community College. By gender, 1,547 male and 2,201 female students are attending the school.
The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Barton County Community College.
Student Population By Gender
Barton County Community College
TotalMaleFemale
Total3,7481,5472,201
Full-time1,336557779
Part-tme2,4129901,422
There are 2,273 White (60.65%), 393 Black/African American (10.49%), 645 Hispanic (17.21%), 157 Asian (4.19%), and 900 students with other races attending Barton County Community College. 59 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.
Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Barton County Community College
TotalMaleFemale
Total3,7481,5472,201
American Indian/Native American361917
Asian1576790
Black/African American393194199
Hispanic645265380
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander25916
White2,2738891,384
Two More1325082
Un-Known281414
Non-resident Alien594019
Barton County Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.
1,785 students (47.63% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 797 students (21.26% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Barton County Community College.
Distance Learning Student Population at Barton County Community College
Number of Students
Total3,748
Enrolled Online Exclusively1,785
Enrolled Some Online Courses797
Not in Online Courses1,166
By age range, at Barton County Community College, 1,028 students are aged 20 to 24 (27.43% of total students), 1,347 students are aged below 20 (35.94%), 118 students are aged above 50 (5.18%).
Graduate Student Population By Age at Barton County Community College
TotalMaleFemale
Total3,7481,5472,201
Under 18522191331
Age 18-19825363462
Age 20-21574262312
Age 22-24454206248
Age 25-29475191284
Age 30-34341131210
Age 35-3922284138
Age 40-4921573142
Age 50-64974354
Over 6421219
Age Un-Known211

Directory and Accreditation Information

Barton County Community College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1974 - Current[Estimated Date]).
The following list shows the contact and directory information of Barton County Community College.
245 NE 30th Road, Great Bend, KS
620-792-2701
School Website
Admission Page
Financial Aid Information

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