Career Programs
Prepare yourself quickly for the working world! North Iowa Area
Community College offers training for nearly 40 fast-growing careers in business,
agriculture, health, public service, and industrial technology.
With most of these programs, you may earn a diploma after the first
year and an Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree after two years. Although NIACC
career programs are intended to prepare you for immediate employment, your classes may
transfer into a bachelor's degree program at a four-year college or university.
Agricultural
Technology
Business
Accounting/Computing:
Hospitality/Food Service Management
Information
Systems Technology
Marketing/Management:
Office
Technology:
Health & Public Service
Industrial Division
Industrial Technology
Manufacturing Technology:
Industrial Services:
Did you know?
- 85 percent of the jobs in your future require advanced
education beyond high school.
- 200 skilled graduates of NIACC career programs enter the
workforce annually.
- 99% of NIACC career program graduates are employed, 96% in
training-related jobs.
- Nearly all NIACC career graduates are employed in Iowa, over
80% in North Iowa.
- Although NIACC career programs are intended to prepare you
for immediate employment, your program may transfer into a four-year degree program.
- Job opportunities are growing fastest for people with
technical skills.
- Area high school students are getting a head start in
preparing for these fast growing careers through shared Tech Prep programs.
- College graduates typically earn up to 70% more in a
lifetime than people without education beyond high school.
- Only 20% of the U.S. population will receive a four-year
degree.
- Jobs are becoming more technical, requiring higher levels of
math, science, communication, computer and "teamworking" skills.
- Education does not end when you receive your high school
diploma. You must be prepared to continue learning throughout your life -- whether in
college or on-the-job.
NIACC First
Nearly 200 students graduate from NIACC career programs each year.
Nearly all of them find training-related employment and the majority are living and
working in North Iowa.
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