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Find Your Calling.
Helping professions have become more important now than ever. The Last Dollar Scholarship makes it even easier to get into these in-demand careers as 36 of our degrees are tuition free!
Iowa's FIRST multidisciplinary Healthcare Simulation Center
Explore Last Dollar ScholarshipI love the Parks and Natural Resources program at Kirkwood. I get to be outdoors and everything is really hands on. I’m excited to make my dream of working with the DNR actually happen."
Nic Koenig Indianola, Iowa
Outdoorsy Careers Start Here.
Our outdoor classrooms and programs feature the 675-acre Atherton Wetland Outdoor Learning Laboratory as well as the largest native prairie in Iowa.
What’s It Really Like to Be a Kirkwood Student?
Experience a day-in-the-the life of Moe, an international student at Kirkwood, as he shares what an average day on-campus looks like for him.
Home Away From Home
Kirkwood has the largest number of international students at a 2-year college in Iowa.
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Incredible majors. Affordable degrees. Pathways to great jobs. Amazing faculty and staff. Friendships and connections that last a lifetime. Choose Kirkwood to find your future and save a fortune.