Kenai Peninsula Borough
144 North Binkley Street     Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone - (907) 262-4441 or (800) 478-4441   or on the web    www.borough.kenai.ak.us

 Kenai Peninsula Borough Demographics

Kenai Peninsula College
Mission Statement - Kenai Peninsula College (KPB) is committed to excellence in academic, vocational, and life-long learning with a mission to enhance individual and cultural potential as enlightened participants in the world community.
Kenai Peninsula College, a community campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage, has campuses in both Soldotna and Homer and an extension site in Seward. KPC offers two-year Associates of Arts and Associates of Applied Science degrees, as well as courses leading to vocational certificates. Some programs leading to baccalaureate degrees, such as the Bachelor of Liberal Studies, Psychology, Anthropology, and Fine Arts can be obtained entirely at KPC. A number of four-year degree programs are available at KPC via distance delivery through other University of Alaska campuses. The college offers academic advising, transfer information, financial aid assistance, career counseling and free tutoring. It also serves students needing Adult Basic Education, GED tutoring and testing, English as a Second Language and Literacy instruction. There are no "typical" students at KPC. All ages, educational backgrounds and ethnicities are represented. Kenai Peninsula College is a division of the University of Alaska Anchorage, which is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. 
The Soldotna Campus is perched on the banks of the Kenai River between Kenai and Soldotna and sits on more than 200 wooded acres providing classrooms, library, laboratories, computer labs, vocational shops, media center, bookstore, art gallery, career center, learning center, food café, commons areas and outdoor walking and ski trails. The highly qualified faculty prides itself on small class size and personalized attention for all students. Students build strong relationships with instructors and fellow students that last a lifetime. The Kenai River Campus offers two-year and some four-year degrees.
The Kachemak Bay Campus delivers KPC's programs and services on the southern Kenai Peninsula offering a quality education in a warm, friendly environment. The campus includes classrooms, computer lab, learning center, bookstore and library with access to CD-ROM and online databases. The Homer Campus also offers two-year and some four-year degrees.
Resurrection Bay Extension Site offers classes on the eastern Kenai Peninsula in Seward. General education requirement courses and personal enrichment classes are offered utilizing high school classrooms. An on-site coordinator at Seward High School schedules classes, hires adjunct faculty members, registers students and is available to answer questions from those desiring to complete classes in Seward. This campus offers general education requirements as well as personal enrichment courses.
The Mining and Petroleum Training Service, located at both the Soldotna campus and in Anchorage, works toward meeting the state-wide mission for non-credit training in the resources industry.
The Anchorage Extension Site at the University Center offers two-year degrees in Process Technology and Industrial Instrumentation and assumed operational responsibility for the Occupational Safety and Health AAS degree as of July 2005. These credit hours are being tracked separately, effective 2006.
KPC Enrollment History
KPC-All Campuses Fall '92 Fall '93 Fall '94 Fall '95 Fall '96 Fall '97 Fall '98 Fall '99 Fall '00 Fall '01 Fall '02 Fall '03 Fall '04 Fall '05 Fall '06
Fulltime 347 365 368 352 357 318 335 279 320 335 299 319 296  303 334
Part-time 1,401 1,506 1,272 1,363 1,360 1,124 1,142 1,161 1,229 1,352 1,461 1,408 1,303  1,334 1,332
Non academic 286 291 320 390 322 341 339 201 230 225 206 198 228  190 226
Total Unduplicated 2,022 2,119 1,919 2,060 1,993 1,783 1,816 1,641 1,779 1,912 1,966 1,925 1,827  1,827 1,892
SOLDOTNA Fall '92 Fall '93 Fall '94 Fall '95 Fall '96 Fall '97 Fall '98 Fall '99 Fall '00 Fall '01 Fall '02 Fall '03 Fall '04 Fall '05 Fall '06
Fulltime 311 322 307 307 310 265 285 253 275 294 259 258 252  258 278
Part-time 985 1,051 819 902 978 833 812 863 863 1,000 1,046 1,015 948  919 901
Non academic 194 157 167 192 170 188 220 121 110 130 106 118 114  99 136
Total Unduplicated 1,409 1,512 1,278 1,388 1,445 1,286 1,317 1,237 1,248 1,424 1,411 1,391 1,314  1276 1,315
SEWARD Fall '92 Fall '93 Fall '94 Fall '95 Fall '96 Fall '97 Fall '98 Fall '99 Fall '00 Fall '01 Fall '02 Fall '03 Fall '04 Fall '05 Fall '06
Fulltime 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0
Part-time 12 47 22 18 15 18 11 0 8 14 29 61 66  57 51
Non academic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0
Total Unduplicated 12 47 26 18 17 18 11 0 8 14 29 61 66  57 51
KACHEMAK BAY Fall '92 Fall '93 Fall '94 Fall '95 Fall '96 Fall '97 Fall '98 Fall '99 Fall '00 Fall '01 Fall '02 Fall '03 Fall '04 Fall '05 Fall '06
Fulltime 36 43 57 40 42 48 46 22 42 40 38 49 40  40 42
Part-time 404 418 431 467 384 294 337 314 371 344 398 374 327  400 319
Non academic 182 134 153 198 152 159 121 84 120 95 100 88 115  91 91
Total Unduplicated 601 570 615 674 546 501 504 420 513 479 536 511 482  531 452
ANCHORAGE Fall '92 Fall '93 Fall '94 Fall '95 Fall '96 Fall '97 Fall '98 Fall '99 Fall '00 Fall '01 Fall '02 Fall '03 Fall '04 Fall '05 Fall '06
                            4
                            110
                            0
                            114
                             

KPC Credit Hours Completed
Fall Semester FY 92 FY 93 FY 94 FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 FY 98 FY 99 FY 00 FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05  
Soldotna 7,340 7,738 7,930 7,054 7,565 7,818 7,249 7,428 6,917 8,151 7,783 7,993 7,477 7,634 7,695
Seward 203 42 172 155 57 74 61 11 0 42 68 243 176  117 135
Kachemak Bay 1,538 1,762 1,942 2,138 1,806 1,645 1,781 1,853 1,371 1,520 1,865 1,918 1,742  1,956 1,760
Anchorage                             652
TOTAL KPC 9,082 9,542 10,044 9,347 9,428 9,537 9,091 9,292 8,288 9,713 9,716 10,154 9,395  9,707 10,242
Spring Semester
Soldotna 7,942 7,859 8,163 7,711 7,203 8,191 7,584 7,074 7,311 7,301 8,115 6,958 6,906 6,912 7,000
Seward 280 284 322 107 105 84 27 33 24 57 106 314 306  185 156
Kachemak Bay 1,641 1,906 2,199 2,062 1,865 1,783 1,701 1,861 1,691 1,732 1,786 1,779 1,750  1,712 1,916
Anchorage                             782
TOTAL KPC 9,863 10,049 10,684 9,880 9,173 10,058 9,312 8,968 9,026 9,090 10,007 9,051 8,962  9,397 9,854
Full School Year
Soldotna 15,282 15,597 16,093 14,765 14,768 16,009 14,833 14,502 14,228 15,452 15,898 14,951 14,383 14,546 14,695
Seward 483 326 494 262 162 158 88 44 24 99 174 557 482  302 291
Kachemak Bay 3,180 3,668 4,141 4,200 3,671 3,428 3,482 3,714 3,062 3,252 3,651 3,697 3,492  3,668 3,676
Anchorage                             1,434
TOTAL KPC 18,945 19,591 20,728 19,227 18,601 19,595 18,403 18,260 17,314 18,803 19,723 19,205 18,357  19,104 20,096
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Homer    Hope   Kachemak  Kalifornsky  Kasilof   Kenai   Lowell Point   Miller Landing   
Moose Pass  Nanwalek   Nikiski   Nikolaevsk   Ninilchik   Port Graham   Primrose  Ridgeway   
Salamatof    Seldovia Village    Seldovia City   Seward   Soldotna   Sterling   Sunrise   Tyonek
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