Academics
At Barton, you can achieve your educational and career goals in no time! Barton offers transfer programs designed to easily transfer to a four year college and many career program options to put you on a faster track to employment.
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Priority Deadline: January 31
Planning to start your nursing journey at Barton? Be sure to apply by January 31, the program’s priority deadline, to stay on track and move one step closer to your nursing goal!
Barton's Center for
Adult Education
Unlock your potential with Barton’s Center for Adult Education, offering supportive Adult Basic Education classes and convenient GED testing to help you reach your next milestone.
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Money on Classes
Current Kansas high school students can save money on Barton classes with new tuition rates ($50 per credit hour) or scholarship rates ($75 per credit hour)!
Events
College News
Applications for Barton Community College’s 26-27 Nursing Program are now open.
A holiday classic for all ages, Metropolitan Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” will be performed at 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at Barton Community College in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
Barton Dance Theatre will host “Dancing with the Cougars,” a special tango dance workshop that features an unlikely pair of styles at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12 in Studio 34, with all proceeds supporting the group’s trip to perform in New York City in January.
Barton Community College has announced the hiring of Julie Bugner Smith as the Alumni and Events Coordinator, a newly created position within the Barton Community College Foundation.
Barton Community College has been selected as a key research partner in the new Prison Education Action Research Lab (PEARL), which is being launched this year by the University of Utah with an $8 million award from Ascendium Education Group.
The Central Kansas Community Choir (CKCC), in conjunction with Barton’s Music Department, will host a festive evening of sacred and secular choral music to welcome the holiday season at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 at the First United Methodist Church Great Bend at 2123 Forest Ave., in Great Bend.





