Great Basin College
Elko, Nevada
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 1,900 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 31 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's degree · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,159
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesBachelor's degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $38,488
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementBachelor's degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $69,677
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 58 finishedGraduates here earned $73,903 a year after finishingNationally: $44,469
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $69,634
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 34 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,335
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
- Engineering-Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $59,185
- Engineering-Related Technologies/TechniciansBachelor's degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $67,627
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
- Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,422
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 83 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 106 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 26 finishedGraduates here earned $80,717 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 8 finishedGraduates here earned $81,570 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (19)
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 18 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $41,208
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Environmental/Natural Resources Management and PolicyAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,513
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $50,359
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 15 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 93 finishedGraduates here earned $38,601 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $40,010
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Real EstateCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Science Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 26 finished
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $33,090
- Social WorkCertificateNationally: $38,578
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $42,428
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $9,357per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $15,215sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,200Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 5%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 48%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $48,9946 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $46,94210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $15,750federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 43%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 17%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Great Basin College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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