3702 S. Center Street
Marshalltown, IA 50158

As one of 15 community college districts in Iowa, Iowa Valley Community College District operates Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Marshalltown Community College, Iowa Valley Continuing Education, and a satellite campus in Grinnell. Iowa Valley Community College District was organized in 1966 for Iowa colleges.

Ellsworth Community College and Marshalltown Community College both offer one-year and two-year career-technical programs as well as Associate in Arts (AA) and Associate in Science (AS) transfer degrees. The students at these Iowa Valley Community College District colleges can finish their studies and enter the workforce as skilled professionals, or they can transfer their credits to complete a baccalaureate degree at a four-year college or university.

Iowa Valley Continuing Education offers training for business and industry as well as thousands of adult education programs and services throughout the Central Iowa service area. Iowa Valley Grinnell offers both college credit and adult education programs and services in Poweshiek County.

Quick Facts:

The Iowa Valley Community College District is an accredited member of The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools.

At the 14 area high schools within Iowa Valley Community College District's geographic boundaries, 1,091 students earned 7,931 dual high school and college credit in 2006-07 through Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) classes and shared Tech Prep programs. This saved these students and their families $838,831 in college tuition costs.

More than 2,800 students are currently enrolled in Ellsworth Community College and Marshalltown Community College classes; 80 percent in Arts & Sciences (college transfer) and 13 percent in vocational-technical career programs.

Iowa Valley Continuing Education offers Adult Basic Education/High School Completion to area adults who didn't graduate from high school. In 2006-2007, 3,198 adults enrolled in these programs and 157 received GED diplomas.

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