How much does Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $3,630 a year, and $9,600 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,398 a year.

How many Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City programs report graduate pay?

8 associate's programs and 7 certificate programs at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $7,321 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City associate's programs that report debt.

Public college
Kansas City, MO
10,649 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City associate's programs report what graduates earn. Industrial Technology pays the most in the first year ($74,822), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($28,092). The median program pays $43,323. Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City also has 7 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$3,630Per year. Out-of-state $9,600

Average net price after aid$8,398Per year

Graduation rate34%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 8 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Missouri" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Missouri. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Missouri
1	Industrial TechnologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$74,822	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
2	NursingAbout 104 graduates a year	$63,534	$77,599	$21,188	10th of 20
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 51 graduates a year	$51,901	$53,702	$14,843	6th of 13
4	Computer ProgrammingAbout 52 graduates a year	$46,804	$73,681	$11,038	1st of 3
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 30 graduates a year	$39,842	$52,321	$26,214	3rd of 11
6	Business AdministrationAbout 41 graduates a year	$38,554	$45,924	$13,171	2nd of 6
7	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 18 graduates a year	$37,631	$39,374	$7,934	1st of 3
8	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,209 graduates a year	$28,092	$41,594	$7,321	4th of 14

Program names link to the program's own page, and Missouri ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Missouri programs in the field do too.

2 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

All 7 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Missouri" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Missouri. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Missouri
1	Industrial TechnologyAbout 54 graduates a year	$53,967	Not reported	$9,089	1st of 3
2	Fire ScienceAbout 49 graduates a year	$48,321	$56,118	$8,750	1st of 1
3	Criminal JusticeAbout 32 graduates a year	$48,137	$53,393	$4,821	2nd of 6
4	Practical NursingAbout 10 graduates a year	$46,147	$58,225	$21,365	9th of 20
5	HVACAbout 54 graduates a year	$44,715	$60,480	Not reported	1st of 4
6	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 9 graduates a year	$40,532	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
7	Welding and MachiningAbout 88 graduates a year	$36,908	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3

One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Industrial Technology$74,822
Nursing$63,534
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$51,901
Computer Programming$46,804
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$39,842

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$7,321
Veterinary Technology$7,934
Computer Programming$11,038
Business Administration$13,171
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$14,843

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,209 graduates a year
NursingAbout 104 graduates a year
Computer ProgrammingAbout 52 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 51 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 41 graduates a year

Common questions

Industrial Technology graduates earn a median of $74,822 in their first year, the most of 8 Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Missouri rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels