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Northeast Iowa Community College

Calmar, IA 1,697 Undergrads 41.7% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$17,838
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$11,272
After Aid
Median Earnings
$50,002
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$11,272
Peer Midpoint: $9,847
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$50,002
Peer Midpoint: $50,128
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$41,306
Peer Midpoint: $40,451
Graduation Rate41.7%
Peer Midpoint: 34.6%
Warning: The majority of students at this institution do not graduate. Non-completers typically earn significantly less and face higher debt risks.
Average Starting Age23.7
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients56.0%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time53.6%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS66.7%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
100.0%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 2 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$532k
+$17k
+$48k
Median Cost$11k/yr
+$512k
-$4k
+$27k
Full Cost$18k/yr
+$500k
-$16k
+$15k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
31
∞
Median Cost$11k/yr
39
132%
Full Cost$18k/yr
46
47%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return197%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return1%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Certificates

Median Debt
$18,335
Earnings (4yr)
$45,676
Natl Median: $44,589
Lifetime Value Added
+$35k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$44,739
Natl Median: $43,930
Lifetime Value Added
+$25k
Median Debt
$7,000
Earnings (4yr)
$75,681
Natl Median: $60,506
Lifetime Value Added
+$341k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$47,199
Natl Median: $42,010
Lifetime Value Added
+$52k
Median Debt
$10,917
Earnings (4yr)
$37,903
Natl Median: $34,272
Lifetime Value Added
-$49k
Median Debt
$13,939
Earnings (4yr)
$56,533
Natl Median: $57,584
Lifetime Value Added
+$150k
Median Debt
$18,325
Earnings (4yr)
$45,615
Natl Median: $47,440
Lifetime Value Added
+$35k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$35,698
Natl Median: $32,681
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Carpenters
CertCIP: 4602
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,835
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,556
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,162
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,529
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $26,307
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$5,500
Earnings (4yr)
$37,125
Natl Median: $33,673
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,022
Natl Median: $53,078
Lifetime Value Added
+$145k
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 1503
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,492
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,418
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $52,001
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $32,130
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (4yr)
$42,332
Natl Median: $35,447
Lifetime Value Added
-$833
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,148
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$68,942
Natl Median: $62,199
Lifetime Value Added
+$275k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$28,030
Natl Median: $31,135
Lifetime Value Added
-$159k
Median Debt
$11,086
Earnings (4yr)
$43,610
Natl Median: $44,906
Lifetime Value Added
+$13k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,024
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,996
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$62,601
Natl Median: $56,073
Lifetime Value Added
+$212k
Median Debt
$5,446
Earnings (4yr)
$51,808
Natl Median: $48,702
Lifetime Value Added
+$101k
Median Debt
$17,750
Earnings (4yr)
$70,400
Natl Median: $80,020
Lifetime Value Added
+$289k
Social Work
CertCIP: 4407
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,190
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4706
Median Debt
$5,500
Earnings (4yr)
$59,939
Natl Median: $51,586
Lifetime Value Added
+$185k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $34,862
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$39,650
Natl Median: $47,825
Lifetime Value Added
-$84k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$65,133
Natl Median: $61,233
Lifetime Value Added
+$160k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,993
Natl Median: $41,422
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$49,903
Natl Median: $65,389
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$33,993
Natl Median: $47,793
Lifetime Value Added
-$119k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$44,354
Natl Median: $37,587
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Computer Programming
AssocCIP: 1102
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,954
Natl Median: $52,761
Lifetime Value Added
-$99k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,060
Natl Median: $37,934
Lifetime Value Added
-$108k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$38,830
Natl Median: $42,813
Lifetime Value Added
-$92k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$61,471
Natl Median: $79,637
Lifetime Value Added
+$126k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,141
Natl Median: $41,811
Lifetime Value Added
-$171k

Other Programs

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,851
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,308
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,652
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $36,430
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,308
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.