by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
North Iowa Area 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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North Iowa Area Community College landed the #1,126 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 North Iowa Area Community College held the #2,009 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 37 colleges in Iowa, North Iowa Area Community College is ranked at #26.
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If you are worried about getting into North Iowa Area Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At North Iowa Area Community College, this rate is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at North Iowa Area Community College is 100%. This is higher 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 North Iowa Area Community College is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,681 undergraduates at North Iowa Area Community College with 1,285 being full-time and 1,396 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,247 | $4,033 | $6,008 | $8,096 | $8,609 |
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 North Iowa Area Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At North Iowa Area Community College, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $5,001 a year. That adds up to $20,004 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for North Iowa Area Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 College Dr, Mason City, IA 50401 |
| Phone: | 641-423-1264 |
| Website: | www.niacc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 302 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 129 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 83 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 50 | NA |
| Nursing | 49 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 40 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 31 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 25 | NA |
| Carpentry | 20 | NA |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 20 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,589 students took at least one online class at North Iowa Area Community College. This is a decrease from the 2,071 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,589 | 483 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,071 | 460 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,681 | 432 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,121 | 367 |
Learn more about online learning at North Iowa Area 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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