Northeast Community College Overview

Northeast Community College is a public institution situated in Norfolk, Nebraska. Norfolk is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is Northeast Community College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Northeast is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Northeast.
• In <nil>, 43% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Northeast Community College?

Contact details for Northeast are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	801 E Benjamin, Norfolk, NE 68702-0469
Phone:	402-371-2020
Website:	northeast.edu

How Do I Get Into Northeast?

You can apply to Northeast online at: https://northeast.edu/admissions/application

As long as you submit the requested materials to Northeast Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Northeast Community College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Northeast, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $4,741 a year. That adds up to $18,964 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Northeast is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Northeast Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,345 undergraduate students at Northeast, with 1,909 being full-time and 3,436 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,909 full-time undergraduates at Northeast, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	17
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	264
White	1,465
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	78

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

In 2020-2021, 2,059 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Northeast has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 10th most popular in Nebraska for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Northeast

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northeast Community College was -5.0%. This is the #1,930 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Northeast regardless of major.

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%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.