Career Programs at Colby CC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Colby Community College is $5,654 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.

Colby Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

52% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,011 (exclude student loans).

Colby CC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$5,654
Average Financial Amount	$5,011

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Colby Community College offers 18 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, 398 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Colby Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 12 Weeks Certificate	2	24
Less than 1 Year Certificate	7	85
2 Years Certificate	9	58
Total	18	398

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

24 students have earned/completed Less than 12 Weeks Certificate program.
85 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
58 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
231 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 12 Weeks Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Medication Aide	✕	2	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	22	-
	Total	24

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	64 completers	-
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management	✕	0	-
Veterinary Office Management/Administration	✕	64	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Telecommunications Technology/Technician	✕	19	-
Solar Energy Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Wind Energy Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Criminal Justice and Corrections	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Accounting	✕	1	-
	Total	85

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management	✕	8	-
Livestock Management	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Solar Energy Technology/Technician	✕	10	-
Wind Energy Technology/Technician	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	32	-
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Accounting and Business/Management	✕	1	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
	Total	58

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management	✕	6	-
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management	✕	4	-
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant	✕	19	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	162 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	162	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Energy Systems Installation and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✕	0	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	17	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	20	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
	Total	231

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 1,380 students are attending at Colby Community College. There are 48 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 4 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 19 to 1 (5.26%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 111 (full-time) and 19 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Colby Community College is 51% and transfer-out rate is 24%. The retention rate is 65% at the school.

Colby CC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	1,380
Graduation Rate	51%
Number of Faculty	52
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

Student Population at Colby CC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,317 students enrolled into Colby Community College. By gender, 399 male and 918 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Colby Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Colby Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,317	399	918
Full-time	576	201	375
Part-tme	741	198	543

There are 1,004 White (76.23%), 40 Black/African American (3.04%), 22 Hispanic (1.67%), 11 Asian (0.84%), and 262 students with other races attending Colby Community College. 38 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Colby Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,317	399	918
American Indian/Native American	4	0	4
Asian	11	3	8
Black/African American	40	21	19
Hispanic	22	4	18
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,004	262	742
Two More	116	33	83
Un-Known	82	56	26
Non-resident Alien	38	20	18

Colby Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

452 students (34.32% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 311 students (23.61% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Colby Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Colby Community College
	Number of Students
Total	1,317
Enrolled Online Exclusively	452
Enrolled Some Online Courses	311
Not in Online Courses	554

By age range, at Colby Community College, 333 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.28% of total students), 681 students are aged below 20 (51.71%), 49 students are aged above 50 (4.10%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Colby Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,317	399	918
Under 18	297	111	186
Age 18-19	384	124	260
Age 20-21	216	75	141
Age 22-24	117	15	102
Age 25-29	106	20	86
Age 30-34	68	18	50
Age 35-39	45	16	29
Age 40-49	35	10	25
Age 50-64	27	6	21
Over 64	22	4	18

Directory and Accreditation Information

Colby Community College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1972 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Colby Community College.

1255 S Range, Colby, KS

785-462-3984

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