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North Iowa Area Community College (Iowa): 41 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record
North Iowa Area Community College (Higher Ed: Associate's Degree), 500 College Dr, Mason City has 41 programs on Iowa’s Training Provider Results list leading to: AKC Certified Dog Groomer, NIACC Dog Grooming Certificate, Dermabather Certificate; Accounting Associate of Applied Science Degree; Agriculture Technology Diploma; Associate in Applied Science-Agriculture Sales and Service; Associate in Applied Science-Business Office Specialist; Associate in Applied Science-Nursing and 35 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 Certificate | $4,175 | 15 wk · 15 hrs | 52 | 62% | 78% | $8,459 | — |
| 2 | Accounting Diploma | $7,483 | 30 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Accounting, A.A.S. | $16,016 | 60 wk · 15 hrs | 16 | 38% | 82% | $9,951 | — |
| 4 | Agricultural Sales and Service, A.A.S. | $16,689 | 70 wk · 17 hrs | 33 | 88% | 37% | $13,271 | — |
| 5 | Agriculture Technology Diploma | $7,984 | 30 wk · 16 hrs | 49 | 73% | 49% | $13,212 | — |
| 6 | Automotive Service Excellence xEV | $795 | 3 wk · 32 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Automotive Service Technology, A.A.S. | $26,326 | 66 wk · 25 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Building Trades Diploma | $11,004 | 36 wk · 27 hrs | 95 | 72% | 55% | $7,470 | — |
| 9 | Business Office Associate Certificate | $3,766 | 15 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Business Office Associate Diploma | $7,924 | 30 wk · 15 hrs | 37 | 73% | 68% | $13,162 | — |
| 11 | Business Office Specialist, A.A.S. | $15,707 | 60 wk · 16 hrs | 19 | 47% | 100% | $6,244 | — |
| 12 | Business Technology Specialization A.A.S. | $15,081 | 60 wk · 18 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | CompTIA A+ Certification | $1,295 | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | CompTIA Network+ Certification | $1,365 | 8 wk · 10 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Criminal Justice Certificate | $4,506 | 15 wk · 18 hrs | 53 | 51% | 62% | $7,726 | — |
| 16 | Criminal Justice, A.A.S. | $15,518 | 60 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Dog Grooming | $4,250 | 10 wk · 32 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Early Childhood Education Diploma | $8,100 | 36 wk · 15 hrs | 39 | 41% | 67% | $6,390 | — |
| 19 | Emergency Medical Technician Certificate | $2,088 | 16 wk · 10 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Entrepreneurial Certificate | $4,525 | 15 wk · 18 hrs | 56 | 57% | 52% | $4,268 | — |
| 21 | Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, A.A.S. | $15,521 | 60 wk · 17 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Fundamentals of Construction | $1,795 | 3 wk · 17 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | General Machinist Diploma | $9,630 | 30 wk · 30 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Heating & Air Conditioning Technology Diploma | $9,285 | 30 wk · 24 hrs | 56 | 73% | 62% | $12,706 | — |
| 25 | Heating & Air Conditioning Technology, A.A.S. | $17,325 | 60 wk · 22 hrs | 34 | 44% | 85% | $8,541 | — |
| 26 | Human and Family Services Transfer Major, A.A. | $16,132 | 60 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Human Services Certificate | $4,493 | 15 wk · 18 hrs | 29 | 76% | 68% | $5,095 | — |
| 28 | Insurance & Financial Management, A.A.S. | $15,059 | 60 wk · 15 hrs | 14 | 50% | 100% | $10,238 | — |
| 29 | Marketing and Sales Diploma | $7,947 | 30 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Medical Assistant Diploma | $10,992 | 36 wk · 24 hrs | 44 | 64% | 71% | $7,096 | — |
| 31 | Medical Laboratory Technician, A.A.S. | $8,852 | 30 wk · 19 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Nurse Aide Certificate | $1,226 | 6 wk · 17 hrs | 510 | 88% | 70% | $4,108 | — |
| 33 | Nursing, A.A.S. | $23,992 | 75 wk · 21 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Phlebotomy | $1,132 | 4 wk · 25 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Physical Therapy Assistant, A.A.S. | $19,988 | 67 wk · 27 hrs | 60 | 80% | 76% | $9,374 | — |
| 36 | Practical Nursing Diploma | $13,141 | 38 wk · 26 hrs | 89 | 70% | 81% | $12,426 | — |
| 37 | Production Welding | $1,495 | 6 wk · 10 hrs | 98 | 64% | 75% | $4,778 | — |
| 38 | Professional Driver CDL Program | $5,495 | 3 wk · 40 hrs | 4,453 | 99% | 65% | $13,590 | — |
| 39 | Qualified Wind Technician | $4,995 | 2 wk · 35 hrs | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Tool and Die Technology, A.A.S | $22,468 | 66 wk · 32 hrs | 38 | 76% | 68% | $13,385 | — |
| 41 | Welding Diploma | $11,033 | 30 wk · 28 hrs | 130 | 95% | 59% | $8,601 | — |
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.