Taxpayer and Student Transparency

As mandated in K.S.A. 71-222, we present our taxpayer and student transparency data.

Tuition and Fees

Tuition and fees are reported to Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) annually and are publicly available here

Residency	Tuition per Credit Hour	Student Fees per Credit Hour*	Total Tuition and Fees per Credit hour
In-District	$71	$43	$114
Out of District	$74	$43	$117
Border State	$96	$43	$139
Out of State	$111	$43	$154
International	$111	$43	$154
Seward Online (all residencies)	$107	$43	$150
EduKan Online	$150	n/a	$150

Definitions:

• In-District Student: A student who resides in the home county of the college and where taxes to support the college are therefore levied
• Out-of-District Student: A student who is a Kansas resident, but not a resident of the colleges home county, where taxes to support the college are levied
• Border State: A student who is a resident of any state bordering Kansas to include Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nebraska, or Missouri
• Out-of-State Student: A student who is not a resident of the state of Kansas
• International Student: A student who is not a resident of the United States

Student Fee Type and Amount

(Does Not Include Course Specific Fees)

Student Fee Type	In District	Out of District	Out of State	International
Universal Student Fee per Credit Hour	$43	$43	$43	$43

Breakdown of Fee Type

Breakdown	In District	Out of District	Out of State	International
Scholarships:	$7	$7	$7	$7
COP Retirement:	$11	$11	$11	$11
Technology:	$20	$20	$20	$20
Student Activities:	$2	$2	$2	$2
Future Expansion:	$3	$3	$3	$3
Total per Credit hour Fee:	$43	$43	$43	$43
Payment Plan Fee (Flat Fee):	$35	$35	$35	$35
Total Flat Fees:	$35	$35	$35	$35

Course Transferability Within Kansas

 List of Courses which will transfer

 Students Served Data

Percent of Students Attending at Each Campus (Site) by Residency

College Campus (Site)	In District	Out of District	Out of State	International
Main Campus – Liberal	54%	23%	22%	4%
Outreach High Schools in Service Area	42%	58%	1%	0%
Online (Seward and EduKan)	26%	38%	34%	2%

Percent of Students Served Overall at the Community College

% Residing In-District	% Residing in Kansas Out of District**	% Residing in Service Area
31%	69%	65%

Scholarship and Grant Data

Scholarship and Grant Amounts Disbursed

Institutional Scholarship AY2021	Institutional Scholarship AY2022	College Foundation AY2021	College Foundation AY2022	Pell AY2021	Pell AY2022
$227,189	$259,002	$552,886	$653,385	$1,586,725	$1,581,796

Athletic and Non-Athletic Scholarship and Grant Amounts Disbursed

	In-District AY2021	In-District AY2022	In-State AY2021	In-State AY2022	Out of State AY2021	Out of State AY2022
Athletic Scholarship Amounts Disbursed	$22,482	$7,897	$2,775	$8,019	$383,145	$460,304
Non-Atletic Scholarship Amounts Disbursed	$251,496	$295,324	$51,100	$66,310	$89,647	$96,351

Property Tax

Aggregate Amount of Property Tax Revenue Collected

Fiscal Year	Property Taxes	% Change
FY2015	$8,333,430
FY2016	$8,041,344	-3.50%
FY2017	$8,904,102	10.73%
FY2018	$8,306,500	-6.71%
FY2019	$9,464,566	13.94%
FY2020	$8,379,229	-11.47%
FY2021	$8,374,202	<-1%
FY2022	$8,458,322	1%
FY2023**	$8,547,073	1%

Mill Levy

Fiscal Year	MILL LEVY	% Change
FY2015	34.193
FY2016	37.14	8.62%
FY2017	37.039	-0.27%
FY2018	37.073	0.09%
FY2019	39.973	7.82%
FY2020	36.105	-9.68%
FY2021	36.267	<1%
FY2022	36.268	0%
FY2023	34.500	-5.12%

*The amounts above reflect what the college actually received. Abatements, incentives, and delinquent tax payments cause this amount to be lower than what was actually levied in some cases. 
*These amounts are derived from documents provided to the college in November which were certified by the County Clerk.

Sources:

• SCCC Office of Assessment and Research​
• Municipal Budgets
• Higher Education Data Books
• Kansas Board of Regents public data and reports