Kirkwood Community College
Location
Cedar Rapids, IA
Student Size
12,277
College Type
Public University|Community College
About Our College
Area Ten Community College opened in several locations in Cedar Rapids in 1966, serving an enrollment of 199 students. In 1969, the college officially changed its name to Kirkwood Community College, after Samuel J. Kirkwood, an early abolitionist and Iowa's American Civil War Governor.[2]