Nebraska College
of Technical Agriculture
Public Community College in Curtis, NE. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $56,887.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $56,887 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 61%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $21,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 61%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Just 59% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. At 261 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 229 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,412 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($11,603 versus $18,050), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 84% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,414 — common but not automatic. 40% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 100 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,603 |
| $30–48k | $11,933 |
| $48–75k | $15,634 |
| $75–110k | $16,723 |
| $110k+ | $18,050 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 91 of these 229 students, totalling $411,446 — an average of $4,521 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Frontier County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)