Western Iowa Tech Community College
Sioux City, Iowa
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 2,647 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 · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 85 finishedGraduates here earned $42,099 a year after finishingNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 18 finishedGraduates here earned $43,950 a year after finishingNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 37 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 31 finishedGraduates here earned $36,989 a year after finishingNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $42,986 a year after finishingNationally: $46,417
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 31 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $37,744 a year after finishingNationally: $30,575
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 137 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
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,323
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $41,795 a year after finishingNationally: $42,278
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $32,134 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Plumbing and pipefitting
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,980
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 553 finishedGraduates here earned $36,173 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 86 finishedGraduates here earned $71,934 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (28)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 15 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $29,515
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $42,486 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 17 finishedGraduates here earned $40,551 a year afterNationally: $43,067
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $27,878
- HistoryAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $48,423 a year afterNationally: $50,359
- Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $45,573 a year afterNationally: $48,237
- JournalismAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,005
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 69 finishedGraduates here earned $34,905 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $45,150
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $48,814
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $36,320
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 16 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $39,731
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $34,827
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasCertificate · 64 finishedNationally: $40,188
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $29,383 a year afterNationally: $29,038
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $9,042per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,800sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,306Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 16%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 41%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $42,0176 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,48410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 55%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 18%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 Western Iowa Tech Community 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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