by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Northeast Iowa Community College was awarded 88 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is industrial mechanics & maintenance technology.
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NICC landed the #1,530 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NICC held the #1,573 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
NICC is also ranked #31 out of 40 schools in Iowa.
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If you are worried about getting into Northeast Iowa 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 at NICC is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Northeast Iowa Community College is 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Northeast Iowa Community College this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,162 undergraduates at NICC with 1,036 being full-time and 3,126 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,677 | $5,884 | $7,930 | $10,879 | $11,921 |
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 NICC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At NICC, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $4,914 a year. That adds up to $19,656 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NICC is 8.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for NICC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1625 Hwy 150, Calmar, IA 52132-0400 |
| Phone: | 844-642-2338 |
| Website: | https://www.nicc.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,711 students took at least one online class at Northeast Iowa Community College. This is a decrease from the 2,307 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,711 | 875 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,307 | 969 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,598 | 322 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,752 | 498 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,542 | 420 |
Learn more about online learning at Northeast Iowa Community College.
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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