Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA 7,591 Undergrads 32.1% Grad Rate

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Total Cost

$15,579

Sticker Price

Avg Net Price

$9,705

After Aid

Median Earnings

$48,663

4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$9,705

Peer Midpoint: $9,847

Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$48,663

Peer Midpoint: $50,127.5

Graduation Rate32.1%

Peer Midpoint: 34.6%

Socio-Economic Diversity

Pell Grant Recipients40.0%

Enrollment Status

Full-Time51.9%

Economic Outcomes

Earn More than HS63.8%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance

100.0%

SAT Avg

SAT Reading

25th: --75th: -

SAT Math

25th: --75th: -

ACT Composite

25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)

Institution Lifetime NPV

Vs Median Peer

Vs HS Grad

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

+$519k

+$4k

+$35k

Median Cost$10k/yr

+$501k

-$14k

+$17k

Full Cost$16k/yr

+$491k

-$25k

+$6k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age

Return on Inv. %

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

∞

Median Cost$10k/yr

96%

Full Cost$16k/yr

22%

Analysis Assumptions:

Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return154%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-4%

Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis

Certificates

Accounting and Related Services

CertCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services

CertCIP: 0105

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $28,266

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Agricultural Production Operations

CertCIP: 0103

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $42,010

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

CertCIP: 5108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$36,813

Natl Median: $34,272

Lifetime Value Added

-$60k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

CertCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,584

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Animal Sciences

CertCIP: 0109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$37,277

Natl Median: $32,878

Lifetime Value Added

-$55k

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

CertCIP: 0106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $37,705

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

CertCIP: 5202

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $47,440

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

CertCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $32,681

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Carpenters

CertCIP: 4602

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,835

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Community Organization and Advocacy

CertCIP: 4402

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,126

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Programming

CertCIP: 1102

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,556

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Software and Media Applications

CertCIP: 1108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,400

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

CertCIP: 1110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$61,572

Natl Median: $52,615

Lifetime Value Added

+$203k

Construction Management

CertCIP: 5220

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $72,415

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Culinary Arts and Related Services

CertCIP: 1205

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$30,308

Natl Median: $30,572

Lifetime Value Added

-$138k

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $33,673

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1504

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,202

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Fire Protection

CertCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,436

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Health and Medical Administrative Services

CertCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $35,447

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

CertCIP: 4702

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$57,033

Natl Median: $48,148

Lifetime Value Added

+$145k

Hospitality Administration/Management

CertCIP: 5209

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,962

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

CertCIP: 1907

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $31,135

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1506

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,294

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Marketing

CertCIP: 5214

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,757

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Plumbing and Related Water Supply Services

CertCIP: 4605

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,996

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

CertCIP: 5139

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$72,932

Natl Median: $56,073

Lifetime Value Added

+$315k

Precision Metal Working

CertCIP: 4805

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,702

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 4706

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,586

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 0183

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,862

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Associate's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

AssocCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$51,059

Natl Median: $47,660

Lifetime Value Added

+$31k

Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services

AssocCIP: 0105

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,692

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Agricultural Business and Management

AssocCIP: 0101

Median Debt

$11,000

Earnings (4yr)

$50,182

Natl Median: $47,825

Lifetime Value Added

+$32k

Agricultural Mechanization

AssocCIP: 0102

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$63,467

Natl Median: $61,712

Lifetime Value Added

+$159k

Agricultural Production Operations

AssocCIP: 0103

Median Debt

$9,530

Earnings (4yr)

$61,118

Natl Median: $42,438

Lifetime Value Added

+$137k

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

AssocCIP: 5108

Median Debt

$13,000

Earnings (4yr)

$41,202

Natl Median: $42,269

Lifetime Value Added

-$57k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

AssocCIP: 5109

Median Debt

$15,788

Earnings (4yr)

$64,068

Natl Median: $65,389

Lifetime Value Added

+$164k

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

AssocCIP: 0106

Median Debt

$11,000

Earnings (4yr)

$44,354

Natl Median: $45,283

Lifetime Value Added

-$26k

Biotechnology

AssocCIP: 2612

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,595

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

AssocCIP: 5202

Median Debt

$14,145

Earnings (4yr)

$49,372

Natl Median: $48,733

Lifetime Value Added

+$24k

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

AssocCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$33,199

Natl Median: $37,587

Lifetime Value Added

-$145k

Community Organization and Advocacy

AssocCIP: 4402

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,066

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Programming

AssocCIP: 1102

Median Debt

$14,112

Earnings (4yr)

$70,139

Natl Median: $58,070

Lifetime Value Added

+$220k

Computer Software and Media Applications

AssocCIP: 1108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,737

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

AssocCIP: 1110

Median Debt

$12,585

Earnings (4yr)

$61,544

Natl Median: $54,726

Lifetime Value Added

+$141k

Construction Management

AssocCIP: 5220

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$64,917

Natl Median: $72,110

Lifetime Value Added

+$172k

Criminal Justice and Corrections

AssocCIP: 4301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $46,706

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Culinary Arts and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1205

Median Debt

$9,511

Earnings (4yr)

$42,218

Natl Median: $39,605

Lifetime Value Added

-$47k

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5106

Median Debt

$11,999

Earnings (4yr)

$43,731

Natl Median: $61,982

Lifetime Value Added

-$32k

Design and Applied Arts

AssocCIP: 5004

Median Debt

$10,168

Earnings (2yr)

$34,704

Natl Median: $38,127

Lifetime Value Added

-$109k

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$46,087

Natl Median: $55,895

Lifetime Value Added

+$10k

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$54,335

Natl Median: $67,792

Lifetime Value Added

+$62k

Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1504

Median Debt

$15,983

Earnings (4yr)

$71,497

Natl Median: $73,046

Lifetime Value Added

+$232k

Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1517

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $67,276

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1505

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,148

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Finance and Financial Management Services

AssocCIP: 5208

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,913

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Fire Protection

AssocCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Graphic Communications

AssocCIP: 1003

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$36,668

Natl Median: $36,221

Lifetime Value Added

-$88k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

AssocCIP: 5107

Median Debt

$27,394

Earnings (4yr)

$43,732

Natl Median: $37,073

Lifetime Value Added

-$32k

Hospitality Administration/Management

AssocCIP: 5209

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,099

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1907

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,184

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1506

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,593

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Legal Support Services

AssocCIP: 2203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$45,129

Natl Median: $44,669

Lifetime Value Added

-$18k

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

AssocCIP: 2401

Median Debt

$10,402

Earnings (4yr)

$46,104

Natl Median: $44,125

Lifetime Value Added

-$8k

Marketing

AssocCIP: 5214

Median Debt

$12,898

Earnings (4yr)

$39,638

Natl Median: $44,264

Lifetime Value Added

-$73k

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

AssocCIP: 0301

Median Debt

$11,000

Earnings (4yr)

$42,337

Natl Median: $45,634

Lifetime Value Added

-$46k

Precision Metal Working

AssocCIP: 4805

Median Debt

$12,000

Earnings (4yr)

$55,888

Natl Median: $56,451

Lifetime Value Added

+$87k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

AssocCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$15,750

Earnings (4yr)

$67,604

Natl Median: $80,813

Lifetime Value Added

+$197k

Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations

AssocCIP: 5219

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,002

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

AssocCIP: 3105

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,162

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 4706

Median Debt

$10,000

Earnings (4yr)

$61,486

Natl Median: $58,424

Lifetime Value Added

+$140k

Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 0183

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$40,964

Natl Median: $41,460

Lifetime Value Added

-$60k

Other Programs

Business Administration, Management and Operations

DegCIP: 5202

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,426

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

DegCIP: 4702

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,619

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

DegCIP: 2401

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$42,336

Natl Median: $56,308

Lifetime Value Added

-$384k

Precision Metal Working

DegCIP: 4805

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $59,120

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

DegCIP: 4706

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,020

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.