Northeast Community College

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#11379 / #3003
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Community college system in northeast Nebraska, U.S.

Northeast Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#3003
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$3,930
Graduation rate
55%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
2,387

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Northeast Community College Featured Rankings

About Northeast Community College

According to Wikipedia, Northeast Community College is a public community college system in northeast Nebraska with four campuses: Norfolk, O'Neill, South Sioux City, and West Point. The college was established by the state legislature in 1973. It was created by a merger of Northeastern Nebraska College and Northeast Nebraska Technical College.

Northeast Community College's Online Degrees

Certificate in Administrative Professional
  • Required Credits: 17
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Administrative Professional - Computer Application Specialist
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Administrative Professional - Office Management
  • Required Credits: 18
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Business - Entrepreneurship
  • Required Credits: 21
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Business - Insurance Services
  • Required Credits: 21
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Administrative Professional
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Administrative Professional
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Criminal Justice Corrections
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Criminal Justice Law Enforcement
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Academic Transfer
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Early Childhood Education
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Education - Elementary
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Education Paraprofessionals
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Library And Information Services
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Social Science
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Behavioral Science
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Food Service/Dietary Management
  • Required Credits: 17
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Agriculture - College Transfer
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online

Northeast Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
75%55%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Northeast Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$3,930
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$3,944
30K - 48K$3,506
48K - 75K$4,316
75K - 110K$8,682
110K+$11,617

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Northeast Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Northeast Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $46,747 a year, and 91% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Northeast Community College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
6,8156,815

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Northeast Community College?

Northeast Community College is located at 801 E Benjamin, Norfolk, NE 68702-0469.

How Safe is Northeast Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Northeast Community College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Northeast Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Norfolk has a violent crime rate of 0.13% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 1.15%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Northeast Community College Known For?

Northeast Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Northeast Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Northeast Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Psychology
#3990
World Rank
#4002
Historical Rank
#1514
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #1514 in the U.S. and #3990 worldwide for influence in Psychology.

psychology Degrees
Biology
#7642
World Rank
#7656
Historical Rank
#1893
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #1893 in the U.S. and #7642 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
Sociology
#6474
World Rank
#6478
Historical Rank
#2203
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #2203 in the U.S. and #6474 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
Computer Science
#8904
World Rank
#8909
Historical Rank
#2305
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #2305 in the U.S. and #8904 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Business
#9721
World Rank
#9721
Historical Rank
#2727
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #2727 in the U.S. and #9721 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Education
#10947
World Rank
#10954
Historical Rank
#2978
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #2978 in the U.S. and #10947 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Literature
#10191
World Rank
#10217
Historical Rank
#3034
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #3034 in the U.S. and #10191 worldwide for influence in Literature.

literature Degrees
Communications
#11049
World Rank
#11062
Historical Rank
#3044
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #3044 in the U.S. and #11049 worldwide for influence in Communications.

communications Degrees
Medical
#11105
World Rank
#11108
Historical Rank
#3101
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #3101 in the U.S. and #11105 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Criminal Justice
#6941
World Rank
#6943
Historical Rank
#3273
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #3273 in the U.S. and #6941 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Mathematics
#11104
World Rank
#11116
Historical Rank
#3312
USA Rank

Northeast Community College ranks #3312 in the U.S. and #11104 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.

math Degrees