Cowley County Community College

Arkansas City, Kansas

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 1,543 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
  • Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
  • Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
  • Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
  • Food Science and TechnologyCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,982

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Carpentry and construction

  • CarpentersCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
  • CarpentersAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,626

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692

Computers and IT

  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 65 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 155 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 109 finishedGraduates here earned $39,474 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (7)
  • Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $45,889
  • Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $24,502
  • Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCertificate · 43 finishedNationally: $26,824
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 92 finishedNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 280 finishedGraduates here earned $27,839 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Nuclear and Industrial Radiologic Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 63 finishedNationally: $57,171
  • Nuclear and Industrial Radiologic Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 20 finishedNationally: $63,644
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$8,296$30–48k$10,671$48–75k$11,824$75–110kNot reportedOver $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$8,364per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$14,904sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$4,800Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
20%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
51%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$37,2106 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$40,38410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$8,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
40%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
29%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Cowley County Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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