Admissions Office
Welcome to Northeastern! Northeastern Junior College, located in Sterling, Colorado, was established in 1941 and is Colorado's largest 2-year residential college. We are located in northeastern Colorado about 125 miles from Denver. At NJC, our students have the best of both worlds. They can take advantage of over 80 programs of study while enjoying small classes, individual instructor attention and the complete college experience. Each year, Northeastern's enrollment is approximately 4,000 learners. NJC has between a 1,000 and 1,100 full-time traditional age students (ages 17-22) who are enrolled full-time on our campus with 12 or more credit hours. NJC also serves approximately 3,000 part-time learners each year. Students attend Northeastern from many areas! On average we have traditional age students on campus from over 90% of the 63 counties in Colorado; from approximately 20 different states and several foreign countries.
Approximately 65% of full-time students are transfer students planning to go on to a 4-year college or university to pursue a bachelors degree or beyond. The remaining 35% are in specialized career and technical programs. The average high school GPA of students attending NJC is 3.0. The average ACT composite score is 20. We attract some of the brightest and best students in the region. Visit us and see what makes Northeastern different from other colleges.
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