Which Northeast Iowa Community College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Welding and Machining graduates leave with a median of $5,479 in federal loans, the lowest among 11 Northeast Iowa Community College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Northeast Iowa Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $6,780 a year, and $7,770 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,272 a year.

How many Northeast Iowa Community College programs report graduate pay?

14 certificate programs at Northeast Iowa Community College report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

Northeast Iowa Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Calmar, IA
1,697 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

14 Northeast Iowa Community College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($57,546), and Accounting the least ($24,726). The median program pays $39,940.

In-state tuition and fees$6,780Per year. Out-of-state $7,770

Average net price after aid$11,272Per year

Graduation rate51%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 14 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Iowa" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Iowa. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Iowa
1	NursingGraduates a year not reported	$57,546	$62,635	$23,562	1st of 1
2	Agricultural MechanizationGraduates a year not reported	$56,331	$59,357	$7,500	1st of 1
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 7 graduates a year	$51,206	Not reported	$17,000	1st of 3
4	Electrician TrainingAbout 13 graduates a year	$44,198	$58,470	Not reported	2nd of 4
5	Welding and MachiningAbout 15 graduates a year	$43,588	$55,764	$5,479	3rd of 7
6	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 14 graduates a year	$43,536	$57,150	$5,500	2nd of 4
7	Agricultural BusinessAbout 5 graduates a year	$40,955	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
8	Agricultural ProductionAbout 11 graduates a year	$38,924	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
9	Health and Medical AdministrationGraduates a year not reported	$36,716	Not reported	$20,500	1st of 5
10	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year	$32,840	$34,805	$14,136	4th of 6
11	Liberal Arts and General StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$29,491	$38,175	$11,821	1st of 1
12	Business AdministrationAbout 7 graduates a year	$29,018	Not reported	$20,635	2nd of 2
13	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 36 graduates a year	$28,585	$38,523	$7,625	4th of 4
14	AccountingAbout 13 graduates a year	$24,726	$35,575	$19,624	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Iowa ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Iowa programs in the field do too.

One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$57,546
Agricultural Mechanization$56,331
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$51,206
Electrician Training$44,198
Welding and Machining$43,588

Lowest median debt

Welding and Machining$5,479
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$5,500
Agricultural Mechanization$7,500
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$7,625
Liberal Arts and General Studies$11,821

Largest programs

Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 36 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 15 graduates a year
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 14 graduates a year
Electrician TrainingAbout 13 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $57,546 in their first year, the most of 14 Northeast Iowa Community College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Iowa rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels