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 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked Kalamazoo Valley Community College as #1,325 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Kalamazoo Valley Community College held the #1,396 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College is also ranked #34 out of 56 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.
At Kalamazoo Valley Community College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
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 18%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Kalamazoo Valley Community College this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,693 | $4,354 | $6,022 | $8,041 | $10,433 |
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 18% of students took out student loans averaging $4,656 a year. That adds up to $18,624 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 472 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 36 | NA |
| General Engineering Technology | 33 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 32 | NA |
| General Engineering | 26 | NA |
| Nursing | 25 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 25 | NA |
| Culinary Arts | 22 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 21 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 18 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 3,786 students took at least one online class at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. This is a decrease from the 4,646 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,786 | 1,775 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,646 | 2,187 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,317 | 3,229 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,181 | 297 |
Learn more about online learning at Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
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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