Provides accessible, affordable education and training to meet the needs of our communities.

Offers career and technical degree programs and non-degree occupational education.

Northeast Iowa Community College provides year-round, day and evening, credit, recertification, and continuing education classes; also supports training opportunities for local businesses. Class instruction is offered face-to-face as well as over the ICN (Iowa Communication Network). Oelwein Center is housed at Iowa's first Regional Academy for Math and Science (RAMS) center and includes three traditional classrooms, two science labs, one fully-networked computer lab, one Project Lead the Way lab, an ICN (Iowa Communication Network) room, office and conference space, and commons area. The Center offers a variety of services to Oelwein and the surrounding communities including admissions information, placement testing, program information, intake advising, course registration, financial aid information, administration of distance learning exams, continuation education courses, specialized business training, and HSED classes.

Continuing education courses, including general interest classes, computer classes and pre-employment training programs.

Provides academic programs that help students meet the needs of the region's workforce. Locations also in South Sioux City, O'Neill, and West Point.

Serves 11 Central Iowa counties and provides full-time and part-time educational programs up to two years in length in 70 different career education programs, 13 paraprofessional career programs for which college credit is given, a full range of freshman and sophomore college courses, adult and continuing education programs, including career short courses, adult basic education, high school completion for students of post high school age, and many other part-time classes throughout the district.

Offers more than 40 academic majors and pre-professional programs, and an unlimited number of individualized majors.

Private college providing healthcare education; offering the following degrees: Associate of Applied Science in Respiratory Care, Associate of Applied Science in Radiography, Bachelor of Science in Nursing with three tracks: basic, accelerated, and completion; and Master of Science in Nursing with three tracks: direct entry (bachelor's degree in a non-nursing field), nurse educator, and leadership.

Divine Word College, a Roman Catholic seminary, educates men and women for missionary service as priests, Brothers, Sisters, and lay persons. Offers an education that combines spiritual formation, a liberal arts curriculum, language learning and mission preparation within an environment that teaches and honors the rich cultural diversity of the world.

Four year private college offering more than 75 undergraduate programs, several graduate programs, certification and diploma programs and a degree completion program. Most master's level programs and degree completion programs are offered online.

College with educational programs geared towards traditional students, non-traditional students, and working adults.

Offers a variety of courses to meet the needs of any student: Career Training, Certifications, Licenses, and Permits, Computers and Technology, Health and Public Safety, Life and Leisure, Transportation, Workplace Advancement.

Community college.

GED preparation and testing.

ESL - English as a Second language classes.

Adult basic education, including literacy, job seeking, and life skills education.

Citizenship preparation.

Tutors available in various locations in the Panhandle.

Single parent / displaced homemaker program provides career counseling, dependent care, non-traditional training, skills training, technology training, books and tuition, personal counseling, support groups, and transportation. Contact a student services advisor for information.

Veterans Upward Bound programs offer intensive basic skills development and short-term remedial courses for military veterans to help them successfully transition to post-secondary education.

Upper Iowa University is a public university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Some courses offered at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College in Fennimore and University of Wisconsin - La Crosse.

Offers career and technical degree programs and non-degree occupational education.

Independent, diocesan, Catholic institution of higher learning. Grants baccalaureate degrees, masters and doctoral degrees in professional curricula, as well as non-degree offerings at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Research and public service are encouraged.

Career Services provides career planning and job search assistance to Northeast Iowa Community College students before and after graduation. Contact Northeast Iowa Community College for a listing of available academic programs of study.

Upper Iowa University offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Serves 11 Central Iowa counties and provides full-time and part-time educational programs up to two years in length in 70 different career education programs, 13 paraprofessional career programs for which college credit is given, a full range of freshman and sophomore college courses, adult and continuing education programs, including career short courses, adult basic education, high school completion for students of post high school age, and many other part-time classes throughout the district.

Independent, Catholic, Co-Ed, four year liberal arts college. Degrees in over thirty major fields of study.

A four-year coeducational liberal arts institution.

A Liberal Arts and Sciences University.

A liberal arts university which offers academic programs leading to degrees in Baccalaureate of Arts, Baccalaureate of Science, and Masters of Science. Course are available day/evening on campus and online. Comprehensive program of financial aid. Request information from Admissions Office for more details.

Serves 11 Central Iowa counties and provides full-time and part-time educational programs up to two years in length in 70 different career education programs, 13 paraprofessional career programs for which college credit is given, a full range of freshman and sophomore college courses, adult and continuing education programs, including career short courses, adult basic education, high school completion for students of post high school age, and many other part-time classes throughout the district.