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College Factual ranked Northwest Community College as #1,884 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Northwest Community College also holds the #6 spot on the Best Colleges in Wyoming ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Northwest College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Northwest College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Northwest College is 94%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,438 undergraduates at Northwest Community College with 687 being full-time and 751 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Northwest Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Northwest Community College, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $6,756 a year. That adds up to $27,024 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Northwest Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 231 W 6Th St, Powell, WY 82435-1898 |
| Phone: | 307-754-6000 |
| Website: | www.nwc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 56 | NA |
| Nursing | 34 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 31 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 21 | NA |
| Information Science | 13 | NA |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 10 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 9 | NA |
| General Psychology | 9 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 9 | NA |
| Animal Science | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 787 students took at least one online class at Northwest College. This is a decrease from the 871 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 787 | 259 |
| 2021-2022 | 871 | 288 |
| 2020-2021 | 784 | 231 |
| 2018-2019 | 613 | 207 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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