by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College was awarded 145 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Kalamazoo Valley Community College is ranked #1,396 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Kalamazoo Valley Community College held the #1,691 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College is also ranked #39 out of 57 schools in Michigan.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Kalamazoo Valley Community College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio at Kalamazoo Valley Community College is about average at 14 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Kalamazoo Valley Community College is 23%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Kalamazoo Valley Community College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,656 undergraduates at Kalamazoo Valley Community College with 2,066 being full-time and 4,590 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,426 | $4,154 | $6,303 | $8,596 | $9,328 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Kalamazoo Valley Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Kalamazoo Valley Community College, approximately 17% of students took out student loans averaging $3,141 a year. That adds up to $12,564 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Kalamazoo Valley Community College is 12.3%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Kalamazoo Valley Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6767 West O Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49003-4070 |
| Phone: | 269-488-4100 |
| Website: | https://www.kvcc.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 4,646 students took at least one online class at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. This is a decrease from the 5,317 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,646 | 2,187 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,317 | 3,229 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,217 | 350 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,181 | 297 |
| 2016-2017 | 939 | 200 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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