Vocational &
Trade Schools in Nebraska

Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, Metropolitan Community College provides two-year degrees in construction education, applied technology and health and public services. A team of enrollment specialists assist students with course scheduling and degree planning. The school was founded in 1974 and teaches classes at three campuses. The college also has an Applied Technology Center, the Sarpy Center and the Fremont Area Center where a nursing lab, classrooms and computer labs are housed. Applications are accepted online and in person. Students interested in transferring to a four-year school to complete their Bachelor's degree can participate in the college's Passport Program. A maximum of 50 students are accepted into the program each year.

Western Nebraska Community College's three campuses are located in Alliance, Scottsbluff and Sidney. Pre-vocational programs provide the basics covered in specialized degrees. Pre programs that lead to degrees at Western Nebraska Community College include agricultural science, athletic training, chiropractic medicine, wildlife management and physical therapy. Four semesters of training are generally needed to graduate with an associate degree. Courses that associate degrees are conferred in prepare adults to work in nursing, the automotive industry, computer technology and healthcare. There are more than 28 student organizations, sports and online resources at the college.

Classes at Southeast Community College are designed in eight career clusters. Making up the career clusters are health sciences, construction and electronics, communications and information technology, arts and sciences, business, community services and resources and agriculture, food and natural resources. More than 16 Associate of Applied Science degrees are conferred. It's also possible to get a diploma or certificate in vocations like welding technology and diversified manufacturing. Adults learn in the classroom and in accredited testing facilities. Class schedules for credit courses are posted online. The college's three campuses, located in Lincoln, Beatrice and Milford, operate on a quarter hour basis.

Associate degree programs at Central Community College prepare adults to enhance existing careers or to enter a new career field. There are more than 30 customized two year degree training programs taught at the college. Agricultural sciences, technology, welding, culinary arts, healthcare, landscape design and construction and media arts are expertise areas that adults can major in. Depending on the degree, classes could be taught at only one of the school's three campuses. Adults wishing to complete a bachelor's degree at a four-year school in Nebraska can work with the school's academic transfer specialists. Columbus, Grand Island and Hastings are campuses where the academic transfer specialists have offices.

More than 12 associate vocational degrees are offered at Northeast Community College. Utility line, veterinary technology, personal training, nursing, auto body repair, diesel technology and culinary arts are among the degree majors. Post graduation, students could work at independent body shops, restaurants, hotels, hospitals and for manufacturing firms. Up to 1,000 hours of lab work is required in programs like heating, ventilation and air conditioning. The Norfolk campus in is Northeast Community College's main campus. The college's other three locations are extended campuses in O'Neil, West Point and South Sioux City, Nebraska. Early entry college courses are taught to eligible high school students at the Ainsworth and Hartington regional offices.

A student who enrolls in one of Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture’s vocational programs will find that the classes they attend will focus almost entirely on the field they are interested in. NCTA has designed many of these programs to be highly field specific, allowing students to work through their program without taking too many classes that they aren’t interested in. Transfer credits from another university may be able to fulfill certain degree requirements at NCTA, and the staff at admissions and records is more than happy to help with transcript evaluations.