Northwest Iowa Community College Ranked 2nd in the Nation for Overall Best Community College and 2nd in the Nation for Career Outcomes

Northwest Iowa Community College Ranked 2 nd in the Nation for Overall
Best Community College and 2 and in the Nation for Career Outcomes
Northwest Iowa Community College was ranked among the top 5 in Best
Community Colleges in the nation, according to a new report published by the
personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub.com ranked NCC as 2nd in the
Nation for Best Overall Community College and 2nd in the Nation for Career
Outcomes in their 2022 Best & Worst Community Colleges the Nation report.
According to WalletHub’s website the reason they conducted this study was,
“Community colleges offer students the ability to get higher education without
having as much financial strain. During the 2021 to 2022 academic year, tuition
and fees for full-time, in-state enrollment at a public two-year college averaged
$3,800 per year versus $10,740 at a public four-year institution and $38,070 at a
four-year private school. Students who earn their general-education credits at a
community college before transferring to an in-state public four-year university can
potentially save a lot of money.”

To determine where students can receive the best education at the lowest price,
WalletHub.com compared more than 650 community colleges across 19 key
indicators of cost and quality. The data set ranged from the cost of in-state tuition
and fees to student-faculty ratio to graduation rate. According to WalletHub.com,
“We evaluated the schools based on three key dimensions, including: 1) Cost &
Financing, 2) Education Outcomes and 3) Career Outcomes. We constructed the
three dimensions using 19 total metrics, each grouped with related metrics in the
appropriate category and listed below with its corresponding weight.”

Best Overall Community Colleges
1. State Technical College of Missouri
2. Northwest Iowa Community College
3. Alexandria Technical & Community College
4. Manhattan Area Technical College
5. Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture

Best Community Colleges by Career Outcomes
1. Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
2. Northwest Iowa Community College
3. State Technical College of Missouri
4. Manhattan Area Technical College
5. Alexandria Technical & Community College

This is the second year in a row NCC has done well on WalletHub.com’s national
ranking. Last year NCC ranked 3rd for Career Outcomes in the nation and 12th in
their ranking for Best Overall Community College in the nation.

A fun fact about this listing is that the President for the #1 ranked school for Best
Community College in the Nation, State Technical College of Missouri, is an
alumnus of NCC. Here is a link to a story that was featured in NCC’s The
Connection magazine in 2017. His picture and story start on page 12.
For a complete listing of all the rankings, methodology of the study, and visit WalletHub.com.

One of the best ways to figure out if a college is for you is to schedule a campus
visit. Register online at nwicc.edu and click the link in the box labeled Thunder
Fridays.

This year’s dates for Thunder Fridays are: September 23, October 7, October 21:
Powerline (Powerline Students Only), October 28, November 11, November 18:
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February 17: Powerline, March 17: Powerline, March 24, April 21: Powerline,
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