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Iowa Lakes Community College (Iowa): 40 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record
Iowa Lakes Community College (Higher Ed: Associate's Degree), 19 S 7th St, Estherville has 40 programs on Iowa’s Training Provider Results list leading to: Accounting Clerk Diploma; Accounting Specialist, Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree; Administrative Support Specialist Diploma; Advanced Emergency Medical Technician; Agriculture Production Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree; American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welder and 34 more. The table prints what the provider reported for each: the published cost, how many students exited, the share who completed, the share employed in the second quarter after exit, and their median earnings in that quarter — as reported, with the federal definition of every column below. Nothing is ranked, imputed or estimated. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Published cost basis | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) | Avg WIOA ITA $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accounting Specialist, AAS | $16,677 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 76 | 34% | 73% | $10,807 | — |
| 2 | Administrative Support Specialist | $9,270 | 32 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Agriculture Production Technology, AAS | $18,804 | 72 wk · 18 hrs | 53 | 79% | 36% | $8,732 | — |
| 4 | Associate Degree Nursing | $23,091 | 74 wk · 20 hrs | 36 | 36% | 84% | $11,222 | — |
| 5 | Aviation & Airport Management, AAS | $136,349 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 118 | 49% | 54% | $4,929 | — |
| 6 | Business Administration & Management, AAS | $18,659 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 192 | 40% | 50% | $7,617 | — |
| 7 | CE Accounting Clerk | $3,895 | 16 wk · 10 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | CE Advanced Emergency Medical Technician | $1,400 | 19 wk · 6 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | CE Basic Welding Series | $1,537 | 6 wk · 18 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | CE Certified Medication Aide | $1,497 | 4 wk · 13 hrs | 21 | 43% | 89% | $11,633 | — |
| 11 | CE Certified Nurse Aide | $1,104 | 6 wk · 13 hrs | 371 | 12% | 64% | $8,230 | — |
| 12 | CE Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) | $1,880 | 10 wk · 18 hrs | 38 | 50% | 94% | $10,240 | — |
| 13 | CE Entry Level Driver Training (ELDT)/CDL-A | $1,500 | 2 wk · 34 hrs | 46 | — | 46% | $19,660 | — |
| 14 | CE Medication Manager | $129 | 4 wk · 20 hrs | 11 | 27% | 98% | $8,776 | — |
| 15 | Computer Programming, AAS | $18,319 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 40 | 68% | 79% | $7,428 | — |
| 16 | Construction Technology | $17,753 | 72 wk · 16 hrs | 15 | 73% | 80% | $6,996 | — |
| 17 | Criminal Justice, AAS | $17,763 | 72 wk · 13 hrs | 38 | 58% | 83% | $7,307 | — |
| 18 | Culinary & Hospitality Management, AAS | $18,286 | 64 wk · 16 hrs | 11 | 45% | 100% | $5,345 | — |
| 19 | Digital, Social & Broadcast Productions, AAS | $18,834 | 72 wk · 17 hrs | 14 | 64% | — | — | — |
| 20 | Early Childhood Education | $17,968 | 72 wk · 17 hrs | 52 | 35% | 68% | $6,749 | — |
| 21 | Electrical Technology, AAS | $57,548 | 72 wk · 16 hrs | 41 | 76% | 74% | $9,394 | — |
| 22 | Engineering Technology, AAS | $20,245 | 72 wk · 15 hrs | 24 | 63% | 43% | $14,250 | — |
| 23 | Environmental Studies, AAS | $17,306 | 80 wk · 14 hrs | 37 | 65% | 38% | $10,005 | — |
| 24 | Farm Equipment and Diesel Technology | $19,914 | 74 wk · 15 hrs | 35 | 83% | 46% | $13,868 | — |
| 25 | Game Design & Development, AAS | $19,617 | 72 wk · 15 hrs | 26 | 50% | 75% | $5,918 | — |
| 26 | Graphic Design, AAS | $17,754 | 64 wk · 16 hrs | 28 | 57% | 63% | $5,199 | — |
| 27 | Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Technology, AAS | $19,399 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 23 | 57% | 69% | $12,049 | — |
| 28 | Human Services | $18,434 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 40 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 29 | Marine Service Technology Diploma | $354 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 12 | 83% | 70% | $9,187 | — |
| 30 | Massage Therapy Diploma | $8,716 | 32 wk · 39 hrs | 8 | — | 67% | $3,610 | — |
| 31 | Medical Assistant | $17,548 | 72 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Paralegal & Legal Studies, AAS | $19,390 | 80 wk · 14 hrs | 27 | 33% | 83% | $7,673 | — |
| 33 | Parts Sales & Inventory Control | $4,576 | 40 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Powersports & Power Equipment Technology, AAS | $20,613 | 40 wk · 16 hrs | 26 | 73% | 65% | $8,285 | — |
| 35 | Practical Nursing Diploma | $14,298 | 42 wk · 16 hrs | 56 | 71% | 91% | $9,308 | — |
| 36 | Sales & Marketing Management, AAS | $19,517 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | 13 | 85% | 73% | $7,152 | — |
| 37 | Surgical Technology, AAS | $19,399 | 88 wk · 13 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Veterinary Technology | $22,448 | 72 wk · 16 hrs | 19 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 39 | Welding | $10,330 | 32 wk · 38 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Wind Energy & Turbine Technology | $18,898 | 72 wk · 14 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov (state Eligible Training Provider performance reports, form ETA-9171), snapshot taken 2026-09-02; the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is tuition and fees for a non-WIOA participant where the provider reported it (books and supplies added only when reported separately), otherwise the average WIOA training-account dollars per participant — the basis is printed under each figure. The provider’s own program page is linked where it reported one; RetrainMap has not verified those links.
How to read the columns — the federal data dictionary
Definitions from the TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0 (2024-05-15), as shipped in the dataset’s data_dictionary.csv. Median earnings are one calendar quarter, not a year. Percentages of small cohorts are noisy — read the exited count first. A dash means the federal file prints −1 (suppressed: small cohort, not reported, or flagged) — blank here, never zero.
- all_completed_pct (federal field field_c_completed_percent)
- Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_employed_q2_pct (federal field field_c_q2_employment_percent)
- Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
- all_median_earnings_q2_usd (federal field field_c_median_earnings)
- Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125)
- avg_ita_cost_per_wioa_participant_usd (federal field field_c_cost_per_wioa)
- Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135)
- non_wioa_tuition_fees_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_tuition_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111)
- non_wioa_books_supplies_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_supplies_cost)
- Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Books and Supplies (DE112)
- length_weeks (federal field field_program_length_weeks)
- Length of the training program in weeks, as completed by a full-time student (DE114); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- length_hours (federal field field_program_length_hours)
- Length of the training program in clock/contact hours (DE113); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
- all_students_exited (federal field field_c_total_exited)
- Total number of individuals exited from the training program (DE121)
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Sources and dates
- U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration — Training Provider Results program index, https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/ · snapshot 2026-09-02 · normalised in the RetrainMap Training Provider Outcomes dataset (suppressed −1 cells blank; percentages 0–100; nothing imputed)
- TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0, 2024-05-15 — https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/assets/ETP_Data_Dictionary.pdf
Other providers in Iowa: the Iowa provider index.