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North Iowa Area Community College

Mason City, Iowa Public 2-year Rural area

Overview

Located in Mason City, Iowa, North Iowa Area Community College is a public two-year institution. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 2,662 students in fall 2024.

North Iowa Area Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 59 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician, and Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. It awarded 1,029 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 9 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 67% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 23 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,662
Students enrolled
67%
First-year retention
1,029
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
59
Programs and majors
23:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 59

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 4
Precision Production 3
Education 6
Health Professions 11
Business, Management and Marketing 6
Construction Trades 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 5
Computer and Information Sciences 5
Communications Technologies 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 2
Public Administration and Social Services 2
History 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Physical Sciences 2
Psychology 1
Social Sciences 2
Visual and Performing Arts 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
67%
First-year retention, part-time students
42%
Student-to-faculty ratio
23:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
472
Certificates under 1 year
446
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
111

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,662
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,662
Full-time, fall 2024
45%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,416
Full-time, 2024-25
36%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
56%
Men
44%
White
81%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
3%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
9
Programs with a fully online option
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
27%
Students taking some online courses
46%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Joel Pedersen
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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