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North Iowa Area Community College was awarded 3 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration maintenance technology/technician.
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College Factual ranked North Iowa Area Community College as #2,009 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
North Iowa Area Community College also holds the #39 spot on the Best Colleges in Iowa ranking.
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If you are worried about getting into North Iowa Area Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At North Iowa Area Community College, this rate is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at North Iowa Area Community College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at North Iowa Area Community College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,681 undergraduates at North Iowa Area Community College with 1,285 being full-time and 1,396 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,121 | $5,702 | $8,396 | $10,655 | $13,450 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of North Iowa Area Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At North Iowa Area Community College, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $4,931 a year. That adds up to $19,724 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at North Iowa Area Community College is 11.0%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for North Iowa Area Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 College Dr, Mason City, IA 50401 |
| Phone: | 641-423-1264 |
| Website: | www.niacc.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 2,071 students took at least one online class at North Iowa Area Community College. This is a decrease from the 2,681 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,071 | 460 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,681 | 432 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,120 | 425 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,121 | 367 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,964 | 367 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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