Northeast Iowa Community College Business Programs

Northeast Iowa Community College is a public institution situated in Calmar, Iowa. The rural area surrounding NICC is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

Northeast Iowa Community College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at NICC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#17	Most Popular Agricultural Economics Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards NICC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#7	Best Value Colleges for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	College Factual
#8	Highest Paid Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Northeast Iowa Community College?

Contact details for NICC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1625 Hwy 150, Calmar, IA 52132-0400
Phone:	844-642-2338
Website:	www.nicc.edu

How Do I Get Into NICC?

You can apply to NICC online at: www.nicc.edu/admissions/apply/

As long as you submit the requested materials to Northeast Iowa Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Northeast Iowa Community College?

Student Loan Debt

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 38% of students took out student loans averaging $4,733 a year. That adds up to $18,932 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.

Northeast Iowa Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,162 undergraduate students at NICC, with 1,036 being full-time and 3,126 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,036 full-time undergraduates at NICC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northeast Iowa Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	9
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	905
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

Over 8 countries are represented at NICC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Dominican Republic, New Zealand, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at Northeast Iowa Community College

In 2019-2020, 2,307 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NICC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of NICC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northeast Iowa Community College was 43.4%. This is the #624 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NICC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Northeast Iowa Community College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	23	0	23
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	2	19	0	21
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	0	7	7
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	3	3	6
Accounting	0	5	0	5
Finance	0	2	0	2
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	0	2	0	2
Business & Office Technology	0	0	0	0
Retailing and Retail Operations	0	0	0	0
Special Products Marketing Operations	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	54	10	66

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.