by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Mid-Plains Community College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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Mid-Plains Community College landed the #1,525 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Mid-Plains Community College held the #1,860 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Mid-Plains Community College is also ranked #15 out of 19 schools in Nebraska.
Mid-Plains Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At Mid-Plains Community College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mid-Plains Community College is 35%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Mid-Plains Community College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,075 undergraduates at Mid-Plains Community College with 756 being full-time and 1,319 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,875 | $2,833 | $4,646 | $7,971 | $7,067 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mid-Plains Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Mid-Plains Community College, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $4,922 a year. That adds up to $19,688 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Mid-Plains Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 601 West State Farm Road, North Platte, NE 69101 |
| Phone: | 800-658-4308 |
| Website: | www.mpcc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 202 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 46 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 31 | NA |
| Nursing | 23 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 20 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 19 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 14 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 10 | NA |
| Building Management & Inspection | 8 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 7 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,037 students took at least one online class at Mid-Plains Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,158 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,037 | 510 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,158 | 483 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,242 | 585 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,267 | 480 |
Learn more about online learning at Mid-Plains Community College.
Footnotes
*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.
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