Hawkeye Community College provides a variety of educational opportunities including career and transfer programs, continuing education, corporate training, and job training and retraining.
Hawkeye's main campus is located near the southeast edge of Waterloo, Iowa. With eight outlying locations: Cedar Falls Center, Farm Lab, Independence Center, Metro Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Center, Regional Transportation and Training Center, Waverly Outreach Center,
The Metro Center, located near downtown Waterloo, offers many community and educational opportunities including: high school completion program and HiSET test, English Language Learning (ELL), high school level courses, citizenship classes, family literacy program, college credit courses.
La' James International College is accredited and provides classes in cosmetology, massage therapy, esthetics and nail technology. The school also actively works to place graduates in their desired positions. La' James International College offers one-on-one instruction from certified and licensed instructors. Hair, make-up and other salon "guest services" are available to the general public.
Upper Iowa University has expanded to include three satellite locations in Iowa and seven other campuses in surrounding states. This local branch campus offers a variety of degree programs and certifications in subjects such as psychology, criminal justice, accounting, business and emergency and disaster management. The university also offers online master's programs. This university was founded in 1857 in Fayette, Iowa.