Located on Boyson Road in Hiawatha, the Linn County Regional Center offers in-person courses and various educational services for traditional students and adult learners, as well as dual-credit opportunities for current high schoolers.
The Linn County Regional Center is also the primary location for the Occupational Therapy Assistant and Physical Therapy Assistant programs. Required program conferences and placement testing, as well as prerequisites and core arts and sciences classes, are all offered directly at the center.
Area high school students can enroll in Career Academies – dual-credit programs focused around certain careers and areas of interest – at Kirkwood's Regional Center at the University of Iowa. Career Academies give students the opportunity to explore potential career paths and get a headstart on their college degree – at NO COST to them or their families.
The center includes all the resources adult learners need to succeed at Kirkwood. Find information about classes, advisors who can help you make the right decisions, and much more!
Start off closer to home! Traditional students can start toward any of our 130+ degree programs by taking general education courses at Jones County Regional Center.
ICAN empowers Iowans to achieve their educational and career goals through statewide comprehensive outreach, initiatives and partnerships with schools, groups, and businesses. The program helps more than 300,000 students, parents, and education professionals prepare for college each year.
Through ICAN, the Kirkwood Regional Center at the University of Iowa can help students at any stage of the planning process, from determining career choices, to lining up colleges that offer the appropriate programs and majors, to coming up with a strategy to finance it all.
Linn County Regional Center houses the Workplace Learning Connection, which brings high school students together with local business and industry to provide job shadows and internships.
1770 Boyson Road
Hiawatha, IA
Call the Linn County Regional Center: 319-398-1052
Email: linn.regional@kirkwood.edu