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Western Nebraska Community College

1601 East 27th Street, Scottsbluff, NE 69361 · Public 2-year · (308) 635-3606 · School website

Average net price

$5,474

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

36.6%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

27.2%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at Western Nebraska Community College

Western Nebraska Community College reported 75 certificate and associate completions in 8 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in LPN/LVN (18). College Scorecard counts 893 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
LPN/LVN	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	18	Not published	WIOA list
Welding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	17	Not published	WIOA list
Lineworker	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	16	Not published
Billing and coding	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	11	Not published	WIOA list
Automotive	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	8	Not published	WIOA list
Surgical tech	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	5	Not published	WIOA list
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published	WIOA list
Phlebotomy	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published	WIOA list

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Western Nebraska Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $3,840
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $3,840
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $4,410
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,500
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $5,474
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $9,000
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $38,729

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Western Nebraska Community College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.