Garden City Community College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Garden City Community College, also known as GCCC, is a community college located in Garden City, Kansas, United States. It was founded in the year 1919. GCCC was one of the first four community colleges in Kansas City. The college offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study.

GCCC has an active student life. The campus hosts an array of student clubs and organizations. Some of the popular organizations are the Academic challenge Team, Kansas National Education Association, International Club, Association of Nursing Students, and Latin Heat Dance Club. GCCC’s athletics department sponsors several men’s and women’s sports teams. They are nicknamed the Broncbucters.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, agricultural science and management, and medicine.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,984 in 2009-2010 (1,388 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 74% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Garden City Community College provides on-campus housing for 304 of its 1,388 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (18 awarded)

• Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment/Machine Technology
• Agricultural Production Operations
• Agricultural and Food Products Processing

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (0 awarded)

• Architecture and Related Services

ART STUDIES (4 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BEAUTY AND COSMETOLOGY (18 awarded)

• Cosmetology/Cosmetologist
• Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (25 awarded)

• Business/Commerce
• Retailing and Retail Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (38 awarded)

• Education

ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (2 awarded)

• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
• Manufacturing Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (6 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Social Work

LAW (1 awarded)

• Pre-Law Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (34 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Social Sciences

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (0 awarded)

• Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician

MEDIA (6 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (3 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
• Pre-Pharmacy Studies

MEDICINE (15 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
• Pre-Veterinary Studies

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (62 awarded)

• Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance)
• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Health Aide
• Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies
• Home Health Aide/Home Attendant
• Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
• Medication Aide
• Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Pre-Nursing Studies

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (0 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education/Fitness

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

PRODUCTION TRADES (0 awarded)

• Welding Technology/Welder

SCIENCE (2 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Wildlife Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (12 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Police Science
• Fire Science/Fire-fighting

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (5 awarded)

• Psychology
• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling