Career Programs at WNCC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Western Nebraska Community College is $3,360 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Western Nebraska Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

97% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,394 (exclude student loans).

WNCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$3,360
Average Financial Amount	$4,394

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Western Nebraska Community College offers 24 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate, 1-2 Years Certificate, and 2-4 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 249 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Western Nebraska Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	9	0	22
2 Years Certificate	13	1	40
4 Years Certificate	2	0	11
Total	24	1	249

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

22 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
40 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
11 students have earned/completed 2-4 Years Certificate program.
176 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Agricultural Business and Management	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	11	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Blood Bank Technology Specialist	✕	1	$18,200
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	2	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	0	-
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	✕	0	-
	Total	22

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	12	-
Education [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Lineworker	✕	15	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	13 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	0	-
Health and Medical Administrative Services (other)	✕	2	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	11	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	0	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	0	-
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	✕	0	-
	Total	40

2-4 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Construction Trades [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Lineworker	✕	3	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
	Total	11

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services (other)	✕	0	-
Range Science and Management	✕	0	-
Pre-Veterinary Studies	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Forestry	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	16	-
Education [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	7	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	9	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	1	-
Education (other)	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Engineering	✕	2	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Pre-Law Studies	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	14	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	0	-
Physics	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Psychology	✕	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	6	-
Human Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Social Work	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	3	-
Economics	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Lineworker	✕	6	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (other)	✕	0	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	0	-
Visual and Performing Arts (other)	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	58 completers	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✕	1	-
Medical Office Management/Administration	✕	0	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	7	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	1	-
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist	✕	2	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	5	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	✕	0	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	1	-
Pre-Dentistry Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies	✕	1	-
Pre-Pharmacy Studies	✕	0	-
Pre-Nursing Studies	✕	12	-
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies	✕	2	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	4	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	22	-
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (other)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	22	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	2	-
Accounting	✕	5	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	0 completers	-
History (other)	✕	0	-
	Total	176

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 1,575 students are attending at Western Nebraska Community College. There are 64 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 81 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 17 to 1 (5.88%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 179 (full-time) and 150 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Western Nebraska Community College is 33% and transfer-out rate is 14%. The retention rate is 50% at the school.

WNCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	1,575
Graduation Rate	33%
Number of Faculty	145
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

Student Population at WNCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,306 students enrolled into Western Nebraska Community College. By gender, 483 male and 823 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Western Nebraska Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Western Nebraska Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,306	483	823
Full-time	674	294	380
Part-tme	632	189	443

There are 924 White (70.75%), 23 Black/African American (1.76%), 225 Hispanic (17.23%), 21 Asian (1.61%), and 338 students with other races attending Western Nebraska Community College. 59 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Western Nebraska Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,306	483	823
American Indian/Native American	15	6	9
Asian	21	6	15
Black/African American	23	13	10
Hispanic	225	101	124
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	924	312	612
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	39	14	25
Non-resident Alien	59	31	28

Western Nebraska Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

39 students (2.99% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 483 students (36.98% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Western Nebraska Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Western Nebraska Community College
	Number of Students
Total	1,306
Enrolled Online Exclusively	39
Enrolled Some Online Courses	483
Not in Online Courses	784

By age range, at Western Nebraska Community College, 484 students are aged 20 to 24 (37.06% of total students), 410 students are aged below 20 (31.39%), 55 students are aged above 50 (4.90%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Western Nebraska Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,306	483	823
Under 18	39	14	25
Age 18-19	371	148	223
Age 20-21	370	150	220
Age 22-24	114	45	69
Age 25-29	101	26	75
Age 30-34	90	33	57
Age 35-39	51	16	35
Age 40-49	48	14	34
Age 50-64	32	10	22
Over 64	23	9	14
Age Un-Known	67	18	49

Directory and Accreditation Information

Western Nebraska Community College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1988 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Western Nebraska Community College.

1601 East 27th Street, Scottsbluff, NE

308-635-3606

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

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