Northeastern Junior College

Sterling, Colorado

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 786 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.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
  • Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
  • Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
  • Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
  • Agricultural and Domestic Animal ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $19,548
  • Agricultural and Domestic Animal ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $26,936
  • Animal SciencesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,006

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 69 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $25,739 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 7 finishedGraduates here earned $44,869 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 52 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $58,618

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $73,952 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (14)
  • Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,380
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 25 finishedNationally: $54,610
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $41,337
  • Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $33,346
  • Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $45,889
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 104 finishedNationally: $34,134
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $30,994
  • Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $42,428
  • Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $34,283
  • TaxationCertificate · 1 finished
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $22,303
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$9,114$30–48k$9,772$48–75k$9,863$75–110k$16,276Over $110k$20,684Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$12,613per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$21,412sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,923Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
14%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
59%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$42,9136 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$47,80510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$9,002federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
44%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
25%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 Northeastern Junior 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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