North Iowa Area Community College - Community College Profile

Academic Overview

North Iowa Area Community College is a 2-4 years, public school located in Mason City, Iowa.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $6,436 for Iowa residents and $9,245 for other students on average. It offers 86 degree programs through 37 Certificate, 49 Associate's programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 11 programs (8 Certificate, 3 Associate's programs).

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	500 College Dr, Mason City, IA
Phone	641-423-1264
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$6,436 Out-of-State$9,245
Student Population »	2,479 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	54%
Transfer-out Rate	9%
Retention Rate	72% (Full-time) 47% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$6,284
Students to Faculty	21:1 (4.76%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$37,700

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees are $6,436 for Iowa residents and $9,245 for out-of-state students at North Iowa Area Community College. Its tuition & fees are more expensive than the average tuition ($7,182) over public community colleges in Iowa.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at North Iowa Area Community College. Then, we compare its costs to Iowa community colleges and all U.S. community colleges. In addition, the chart shows the changes in tuition over the last 5 years.

Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs at the school. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	Iowa Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$6,436	$9,245
Books & Supplies	$1,420
On-Campus Living Costs	$9,950
Off-Campus Living Costs	$17,777
Average Financial Aid	$6,284
Cost of Attendance	$17,806	$20,615
After Financial Aid	$11,522	$14,331
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$37,700

Cost per Credit Hour

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	Iowa Residents	Out-of-State Students
North Iowa Area Community College	$6,436	$9,245
Public Community Colleges in Iowa	$5,969	$7,182
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$4,992	$8,639

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

North Iowa Area Community College offers Certificate and Associate's programs. Of that, 11 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 8 Certificate, 3 Associate's. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Total Number of Programs
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	8	3	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	37	49	NOT OFFERED

The next tables list major programs with offered degrees and online availability. The number on each column denotes the conferred degree of the program.

The numbers include completers through on-campus classes and partially online classes as well as only online classes. Only in Classroom means that the program is offered only on-site classes and not offered denotes that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

what is Agriculture program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Agricultural Economics	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Production Operations	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Animal Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agronomy and Crop Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communications Technologies

what is Communications Technologies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Computer and Information Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Support Specialist	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Elementary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	3 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	NOT OFFERED	291 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Physical Fitness Technician	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Police Science	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Construction Trades

what is Construction Trades program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Carpentry/Carpenter	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mechanics and Repairers

what is Mechanics and Repairers program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	12 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	16 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Precision Production Trades

what is Precision Production Trades program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Tool and Die Technology/Technician	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Welding Technology/Welder	13 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Medical/Clinical Assistant	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	NOT OFFERED	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Surgical Technology/Technologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	47 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Business Administration and Management	2 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	21 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	3 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	5 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Insurance	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 2,479 students at North Iowa Area Community College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 1,133 male students and 1,349 female students are attending the school.

The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	2,482	1,173	1,309
Male Students	1,133	582	551
Female Students	1,349	591	758

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At North Iowa Area Community College, there are 2,479 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 1,589 students were attending classes through distance learning (483 students are enrolled exclusively and 1,106 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	2,479
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	483
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	1,106
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	890