Colleges In The South Platte Area:

Central Community College- in Hastings, NE

Central Community College has main campuses located in Columbus, Grand Island, and Hastings. While each campus has its distinct personality, they all offer a high quality education, outstanding faculty and facilities, affordable tuition and the opportunity to get involved in campus life and student organizations.
CCC’s Learning Centers are permanent facilities in Holdrege, Kearney, and Lexington that offer a wide range of courses each semester. When you attend a CCC Learning Center, you enjoy the same high quality education available on one of the main campuses—plus the convenience of being close to home! For more information call 877-222-0780 or check out the website at http://www.cccneb.edu .

Hastings College- in Hastings, NE

Hastings College is a private, co-educational, residential, Presbyterian-related liberal arts college. It was founded in 1882. Nine years earlier, a small group of forward-looking civic leaders, anticipating the need for a college in a growing community, had met in one of the then seven buildings of the village of Hastings to discuss the idea. At that time Hastings was only two years old and still a year away from incorporation as a town. Hastings College is a liberal arts school and is well known in the state of Nebraska and around the country. To learn more call (800) 532-7642 or visit the website at http://www.hastings.edu.

Mid-Plains Community College - in McCook and North Platte, NE

Mid-Plains Community College has 2 main campuses along with 5 distant learning campuses. Our top priorities at all seven of our MPCC campuses revolve around "Teaching and Learning" and "Students and Student Success."  Through the Nebraska Transfer Initiative, our academic coursework will transfer toward your four-year degree.  Our technical program training is built on a foundation of theory, coupled with "hands-on" experience, and taught by highly experienced teachers with "real-world" experience.McCook offers a variety of two-year Associate degrees and coursework designed for academic transfer. The school also offers a number of Associate of Applied Science Degrees in Health Occupations, Business Office Technology, Information Technology, Welding and Machine Shop Technology, and Child Development opportunities. For more information call (308) 535-3600 or check out the website at http://www.mpcc.edu/.

University of Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture- in Curtis, NE

As an institution of higher learning, the mission of this college is to serve the people of Nebraska by providing outstanding associate-level undergraduate experiences in agricutural related fields. NCTA is committed to an experiential, hands-on learning environment. Our class size and laboratories are small which provide one-on-one individual instruction. Call 1-800-3CURTIS or visit the website at www.ncta.unl.edu