Schools.com, an online higher education resource, ranked I C C first in its 2018 report, “Best Community Colleges in Kansas.” The company ranked 21 community colleges in Kansas based on multiple factors, including percentage of students enrolled in distance education; cost of attendance; student-to-faculty ratio; graduation rate; transfer-out rate; and flexibility. In recent weeks, ICC also was ranked in the Top 25 “Best Community Colleges in America” by the web-based financial advisory company SmartAsset.

The rankings come at the same time the Chronicle of Higher Education published an article looking at some of the down-sides of ICC's time in the Last Chance U Lens and some of the community's disenchantment with Football Coach Jason Brown.