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Great Basin College
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Great Basin College
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1500 College Pky
Elko, NV 89801 |
General information
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(775) 738-8493
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| About this School |
| Great Basin College is a community college unit of the University and Community College System of Nevada, located in Elko, Nevada, USA. Opened in 1967 as "Elko Community College", it was later renamed to "Northern Nevada Community College" and then to its current name. It has approximately 4,700 students.
The College offers two-year associate's degrees in a number of fields. It offers Associate of Applied Science degrees in the areas of business, computer office technology, criminal justice, early childhood education, industrial technology, and nursing. Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees are also offered, primarily for people wishing to eventually earn a four-year bachelor's degree at another institution.
Certificate programs and short-term training programs also exist in several business, secretarial/administrative assistant, and industrial arts fields.
The College also offers four-year bachelor's degrees in Elementary Education, Management Technology, Instrumentation Technology, and Integrative and Professional Studies. A four-year bachelor's degree in Nursing is to be offered shortly.
The College has Adult Learning Centers located in the Nevada towns of Elko, Winnemucca, Ely, Owyhee, Jackpot, Wendover, Wells, and Battle Mountain to help people improve their reading, writing, arithmetic, and English language skills.
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| Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students |
| Tuition and Fees | 2009-2008 | 2008-2007 | 2007-2006 |
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| In-State | $ 1,920 | $ 1,772 | $ 1,700 |
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| Out of State | $ 7,629 | $ 7,028 | $ 6,662 |
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| Books and Supplies | $ 1,400 | $ 1,400 | $ 1,000 |
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| On-Campus |
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| Room and board | $ 4,790 | $ 4,600 | $ 4,600 |
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| Other Expenses | $ 1,200 | $ 1,200 | $ 1,200 |
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| Off Campus |
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| Room and board | $ 5,800 | $ 5,600 | $ 5,400 |
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| Other Expenses | $ 2,700 | $ 2,600 | $ 2,500 |
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| Off Campus w/ family |
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| Other Expenses | $ 2,700 | $ 2,600 | $ 2,500 |
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Financial aid 2006-2007
Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students
| Type of Aid | Percentage of students receiving aid | Average amount of aid they received |
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| Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
33% |
$ 2,667 |
| State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
51% |
$ 2,126 |
| Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) |
3% |
$ 2,443 |
| Loans to students |
15% |
$ 3,737 |
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Great Basin College
Associate degree
Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping | |
A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping systems, accounting software operation, and general accounting principles and... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Agricultural Production Operations, General | |
A program that focuses on the general planning, economics, and use of facilities, natural resources, equipment, labor, and capital to produce plant and animal products, and that may prepare individuals for work in farming, ranching, and agribusiness. |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry | |
A program that prepares individuals to support business information operations by using computer equipment to enter, process, and retrieve data for a wide variety of administrative purposes. Includes instruction in using basic business software and hardware; business computer networking; principles... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Business Administration and Management, General | |
A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Child Care and Support Services Management | |
A program that focuses on the provision and management of child care services and that prepares individuals to plan, design, and manage child care facilities and programs that meet children's developmental needs and interests and that provide safe and healthy environments. Includes instruction in child... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Computer + Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other | |
Any instructional program in computer/information technology services administration and management not listed in the Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management, General category. |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Computer and Information Sciences, General | |
A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific programs in computer science, information science,... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Computer Graphics | |
A program that focuses on the software, hardware, and mathematical tools used to represent, display, and manipulate topological, two-, and three-dimensional objects on a computer screen and that prepares individuals to function as computer graphics specialists. Includes instruction in graphics software... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | |
A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to function as network specialists and managers at various levels. Includes instruction in... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Criminal Justice + Police Science | |
A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of police and public security officers, including patrol and investigative activities, traffic control, crowd control and public relations, witness interviewing, evidence collection and management, basic crime prevention methods, weapon and equipment... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Diesel Mechanics Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, service, and maintain diesel engines in vehicles such as automobiles, buses, ships, trucks, railroad locomotives, and construction equipment; as well as stationary diesel engines in electrical generators and related... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Drafting + Design Engineering Technologies + Technicians, Other | |
Any instructional program in drafting/design engineering technologies not listed in the Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General category. |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Early Childhood Education and Teaching | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter. |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Electrician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain, and repair electric apparatus and systems such as residential, commercial, and industrial electric-power wiring; and DC and AC motors, controls, and electrical distribution panels. Includes instruction... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Elementary Education and Teaching | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject matter. |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services | |
A program that prepares individuals to provide basic administrative support under the supervision of office managers, administrative assistants, secretaries, and other office personnel. Includes instruction in typing, keyboarding, filing, general business correspondence, office equipment operation,... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
General Studies | |
An undifferentiated program that includes instruction in the general arts, general science, or unstructured studies. |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Humanities + Humanistic Studies | |
A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion. |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair and maintain industrial machinery and equipment such as cranes, pumps, engines and motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, production machinery, marine deck machinery, and steam propulsion, refinery, and pipeline-distribution... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies | |
A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs. |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) | |
A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administration of medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Office Management and Supervision | |
A program that prepares individuals to supervise and manage the operations and personnel of business offices and management-level divisions. Includes instruction in employee supervision, management, and labor relations; budgeting; scheduling and coordination; office systems operation and maintenance;... |
| Great Basin College
Associate degree
Welding Technology + Welder | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes instruction in arc welding, resistance welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding and cutting, solid state welding, ferrous and non-ferrous materials, oxidation-reduction... |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Agricultural Production Operations, General | |
A program that focuses on the general planning, economics, and use of facilities, natural resources, equipment, labor, and capital to produce plant and animal products, and that may prepare individuals for work in farming, ranching, and agribusiness. |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Business Administration and Management, General | |
A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization... |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Computer + Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other | |
Any instructional program in computer/information technology services administration and management not listed in the Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management, General category. |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Early Childhood Education and Teaching | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter. |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Elementary Education and Teaching | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject matter. |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
English + Language Arts Teacher Education | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach English grammar, composition and literature programs at various educational levels. |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Instrumentation Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in developing control and measurement systems and procedures. Includes instruction in instrumentation design and maintenance, calibration, design and production testing and... |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Mathematics Teacher Education | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach mathematics programs at various educational levels. |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Natural Resources Management and Policy | |
A program that prepares individuals to plan, develop, manage, and evaluate programs to protect and regulate natural habitats and renewable natural resources. Includes instruction in the principles of wildlife and conservation biology, environmental science, animal population surveying, natural resource... |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) | |
A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administration of medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments... |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Secondary Education and Teaching | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the secondary grades, which may include grades seven through twelve, depending on the school system or state regulations. May include preparation to teach a comprehensive curriculum or specific subject matter. |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Social Science Teacher Education | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach specific social science subjects and programs at various educational levels. |
| Great Basin College
Bachelor degree
Social Sciences, General | |
A program that focuses on the general study of human social behavior and social institutions using any of the methodologies common to the social sciences and/or history, or an undifferentiated program of study in the social sciences. |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Computer + Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other | |
Any instructional program in computer/information technology services administration and management not listed in the Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management, General category. |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-1-year Certificate
Web Page, Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply HTML, XML, Javascript, graphics applications, and other authoring tools to the design, editing, and publishing (launching) of documents, images, graphics, sound, and multimedia products on the World Wide Web. Includes instruction in Internet theory; web page... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Accounting Technology + Technician and Bookkeeping | |
A program that prepares individuals to provide technical administrative support to professional accountants and other financial management personnel. Includes instruction in posting transactions to accounts, record-keeping systems, accounting software operation, and general accounting principles and... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Business + Office Automation + Technology + Data Entry | |
A program that prepares individuals to support business information operations by using computer equipment to enter, process, and retrieve data for a wide variety of administrative purposes. Includes instruction in using basic business software and hardware; business computer networking; principles... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Business Administration and Management, General | |
A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Child Care and Support Services Management | |
A program that focuses on the provision and management of child care services and that prepares individuals to plan, design, and manage child care facilities and programs that meet children's developmental needs and interests and that provide safe and healthy environments. Includes instruction in child... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Computer Graphics | |
A program that focuses on the software, hardware, and mathematical tools used to represent, display, and manipulate topological, two-, and three-dimensional objects on a computer screen and that prepares individuals to function as computer graphics specialists. Includes instruction in graphics software... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Data Processing and Data Processing Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to master and use computer software programs and applications for inputting, verifying, organizing, storing, retrieving, transforming (changing, updating, and deleting), and extracting information. Includes instruction in using various operating system configurations... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Diesel Mechanics Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, service, and maintain diesel engines in vehicles such as automobiles, buses, ships, trucks, railroad locomotives, and construction equipment; as well as stationary diesel engines in electrical generators and related... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Early Childhood Education and Teaching | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter. |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Electrician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain, and repair electric apparatus and systems such as residential, commercial, and industrial electric-power wiring; and DC and AC motors, controls, and electrical distribution panels. Includes instruction... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair and maintain industrial machinery and equipment such as cranes, pumps, engines and motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, production machinery, marine deck machinery, and steam propulsion, refinery, and pipeline-distribution... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Instrumentation Technology + Technician | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers engaged in developing control and measurement systems and procedures. Includes instruction in instrumentation design and maintenance, calibration, design and production testing and... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Web Page, Digital + Multimedia and Information Resources Design | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply HTML, XML, Javascript, graphics applications, and other authoring tools to the design, editing, and publishing (launching) of documents, images, graphics, sound, and multimedia products on the World Wide Web. Includes instruction in Internet theory; web page... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate
Welding Technology + Welder | |
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes instruction in arc welding, resistance welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding and cutting, solid state welding, ferrous and non-ferrous materials, oxidation-reduction... |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificate
Elementary Education and Teaching | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject matter. |
| Great Basin College
Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificate
Secondary Education and Teaching | |
A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the secondary grades, which may include grades seven through twelve, depending on the school system or state regulations. May include preparation to teach a comprehensive curriculum or specific subject matter. |
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