Northeast Community College Overview
Located in Norfolk, Nebraska, Northeast Community College is a public institution. Norfolk is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.
What Is Northeast Community College Known For?
- The associate's degree is the highest award offered at Northeast.
- In 2017-2018, 41% of the faculty were full-time.
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Northeast Community College Rankings
These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Northeast.
Where Is Northeast Community College?

Contact details for Northeast are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 801 E Benjamin, Norfolk, NE 68702-0469 |
Phone: | 402-371-2020 |
Website: | www.northeast.edu |
How Do I Get Into Northeast?
You can apply to Northeast online at: www.northeast.edu
Can I Afford Northeast Community College?
Student Loan Debt
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 Northeast, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $4,800 a year. That adds up to $19,200 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Northeast is 11.5%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
Northeast Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity
Of the 2,094 full-time undergraduates at Northeast, 52% are male and 48% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northeast Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 11 |
Black or African American | 29 |
Hispanic or Latino | 300 |
White | 1,597 |
International Students | 85 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 72 |
Over 29 countries are represented at Northeast. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Burkina Faso, Brazil, and Colombia.
Online Learning at Northeast Community College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Northeast has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 13th most popular in Nebraska for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.
Online Growth Rankings of Northeast
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northeast Community College was 2.0%. This is the #1,902 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Northeast regardless of major.
The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Northeast majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.
Major | 1-Year Growth Rate |
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Agricultural Economics & Business | 26% |
Business Administration & Management | 22% |
Business, Management & Marketing | 18% |
Computer & Information Sciences | 10% |
Criminal Justice & Corrections | 10% |
General Agriculture | 11% |
General Business/Commerce | 52% |
General Psychology | 22% |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting | 10% |
Psychology | 22% |
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Northeast ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Northeast.
Major | Growth Rate Rank | |
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Culinary Arts | #7 | |
General Agriculture | #13 | |
Personal & Culinary Services | #14 | |
General Social Sciences | #40 | |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations | #47 | |
Entrepreneurial Studies | #73 | |
Business Support & Assistant Services | #122 | |
General Psychology | #130 | |
General Business/Commerce | #158 | |
Social Sciences | #179 | |
Psychology | #183 | |
Teacher Education Grade Specific | #250 | |
Accounting | #251 | |
Criminal Justice & Corrections | #364 | |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting | #415 | |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities | #476 | |
Liberal Arts General Studies | #476 |
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
Northeast Community College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
References
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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