State Fair Community College

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#12523 / #3291
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college in Sedalia, Missouri, U.S.

State Fair Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#3291
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$4,272
Graduation rate
41%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
2,694

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About State Fair Community College

According to Wikipedia, State Fair Community College is a public community college in Sedalia, Missouri, adjacent to the Missouri State Fairgrounds. In addition to the Sedalia campus, there are extended campus locations in Boonville, Lake of the Ozarks, Clinton, Warsaw, and Whiteman AFB. The college enrolled 4,284 students in 2019.

State Fair Community College's Online Degrees

AA in Fine Arts
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in First Line Supervision In Retail
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Management With Management Specialty
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Skills Certificate in Nurse Aide
  • Required Credits: 16.5
Undergraduate Skills Certificate in Pharmacy Technician
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Skills Certificate in Medical Assisting
  • Required Credits: 18.5
Undergraduate Certificate in Pharmacy Technician
  • Required Credits: 30
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Nurse Aide
  • Required Credits: 31.5
Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Coding
  • Required Credits: 33.5
  • Format: Fully online
Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Assisting
  • Required Credits: 34
AAS in Medical Assisting
  • Required Credits: 61
  • Completion Time: 2 years
AAS in Healthcare Specialist With Emphasis Nurse Aide
  • Required Credits: 61.5
  • Completion Time: 2 years
AAS in Healthcare Specialist With Emphasis On Pharmacy Technician
  • Required Credits: 61.5
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Health Information Technology
  • Required Credits: 63.5
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online

State Fair Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
60%41%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does State Fair Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$4,272
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$8,095
30K - 48K$8,234
48K - 75K$9,384
75K - 110K$11,920
110K+$14,945

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do State Fair Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former State Fair Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $38,956 a year, and 85% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

State Fair Community College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
4,9474,947

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is State Fair Community College?

State Fair Community College is located at 3201 W 16th Street, Sedalia, MO 65301-2199.

How Safe is State Fair Community College?

Like every college that receives federal student aid, State Fair Community College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, State Fair Community College has a violent crime rate of 0.02% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Sedalia has a violent crime rate of 0.73% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 3.47%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is State Fair Community College Known For?

State Fair Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

State Fair Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much State Fair Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Engineering
#7648
World Rank
#7655
Historical Rank
#1504
USA Rank

State Fair Community College ranks #1504 in the U.S. and #7648 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Education
#9752
World Rank
#9759
Historical Rank
#2645
USA Rank

State Fair Community College ranks #2645 in the U.S. and #9752 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Criminal Justice
#6785
World Rank
#6787
Historical Rank
#3210
USA Rank

State Fair Community College ranks #3210 in the U.S. and #6785 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Communications
#11898
World Rank
#11907
Historical Rank
#3266
USA Rank

State Fair Community College ranks #3266 in the U.S. and #11898 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees
Medical
#12812
World Rank
#12814
Historical Rank
#3565
USA Rank

State Fair Community College ranks #3565 in the U.S. and #12812 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees