Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) is a public
community college with two main campuses in
Iowa, one in
Calmar and one in
Peosta. The college serves the Iowa counties of
Allamakee,
Chickasaw,
Clayton,
Fayette,
Howard
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Winneshiek,
Dubuque
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, and
Delaware counties. It also includes sections of
Bremer,
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Jones
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Jackson, and
Mitchell
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counties. NICC also has a satellite campus in downtown Dubuque.
Originally, the school was known as Northeast Iowa Technical Institute (NITI). The school became a
community college in 1988 and was renamed. The school is authorized by the Iowa Board of Education to award the
Associate in Arts,
Associate in Science, and
Associate in Applied Science degrees as well as the
GED. It offers programs in a number of vocational fields, as well as transfer programs for students wishing to continue their education at four-year institutions. The school had worked with the
University of Dubuque to provide a transfer option for students looking to transfer to four-year programs. The Peosta Campus houses the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS), a nationally accredited agricultural training center.
As part of a three-day Midwestern bus tour, President
Barack Obama traveled to the college with members of his cabinet to host the
White House Rural Economic Forum
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on August 16, 2011. The college also hosted President
Donald Trump for an economic roundtable in July 2018.
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Education in Winneshiek County, Iowa
Education in Dubuque County, Iowa
Community colleges in Iowa