by our College Data Analytics TeamThis guide covers the real cost of attending North-West College-Long Beach, from the published cost of attendance and projected degree cost through to net price, median student debt at graduation, default outcomes, and how aid varies by family income.
Use the section links below to navigate this overview:
Net price reflects the true cost to attend after grant and scholarship aid is deducted. It is usually a better planning number than the sticker cost above.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $33,503.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $32,474.00 |
Net price varies sharply by family income, dropping as need-based aid grows. The figures below give average net price by income bracket:
| Family income | Average net price |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $32,031.00 |
| $30,000 to $48,000 | $32,567.00 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $33,365.00 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $33,540.00 |
| Over $110,000 | $35,074.00 |
Estimate your specific net price using the school’s North-West College-Long Beach Net Price Calculator.
Want to know how that aid is awarded? See the grants & scholarships detail.
Median graduate debt at North-West College-Long Beach comes to $9,500.00, placing the school in the Very Low (<$10k) burden tier.
The percentile spread of debt at graduation is shown below:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $3,257.00 |
| 25th | $5,500.00 |
| Median (50th) | $9,500.00 |
| 75th | $14,345.00 |
| 90th | $18,845.00 |
The 10th-to-90th-percentile spread is one signal of how variable debt outcomes are across the student body.
Explore borrowing, repayment, and default in detail on the student-loan-debt breakdown.
Debt outcomes vary substantially with family income. Below, debt is broken out by low, middle, and high family income:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $9,500.00 |
| Middle income | $9,500.00 |
| High income | $5,500.00 |
Low-income graduates carry $4,000.00 more debt than their high-income peers.
Debt at graduation often differs for first-generation students.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $9,500.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $9,500.00 |
Pell Grants are the federal government’s primary need-based undergraduate aid program. Pell vs non-Pell comparisons surface how debt breaks down by need.
The median debt gap between Pell and non-Pell graduates of North-West College-Long Beach stands at $846.00. This school is flagged by the Department of Education for Pell-related debt inequity.
The default-rate classification at North-West College-Long Beach is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 11.5% |
To give some context for these rates, Stafford loans disbursed at North-West College-Long Beach come to $100,450,807.00 spread across 10,755 loan recipients.
Veterans and active-duty students can access dedicated federal education aid such as the Post-9/11 GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance.
| GI Bill recipients | 5 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $10,567.00 |
Explore GI Bill and military aid in detail on the college veterans page.
Beyond the data above, it helps to ask a few questions when weighing North-West College-Long Beach, think through the questions below:
Each page below covers one part of paying for college in more detail:
Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.