by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students are not billed the advertised price of a school. Instead, they will be provided a financial aid package that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The sum total of attendance at Northwest College can sound overpowering, but remember that the majority of students get some type of financial assistance.
Just what financial aid solutions can Northwest Community College deliver, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep reading for answers. Keep reading to see how much school funding could be available to you.
How much aid you qualify for depends largely on your family’s financial circumstances. Read on to get a sense of the financial assistance available at Northwest College.
Financial assistance, available as scholarships, loans, and work-study, is a way schools lower the price of attendance so many students can enroll. Keep in mind that certain forms of assistance are more beneficial than others, and aid amounts differ from student to student.
For freshmen starting at Northwest College, 95% of first-year full-time students received aid of some kind (about 269 first-years).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 95% | $8,420 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 79% | $6,085 |
| Federal Pell grants | 33% | $5,461 |
| State/local grants | 45% | $2,835 |
| Federal student loans | 13% | $5,097 |
Unlike loans, grants and scholarships are gift aid that does not need to be paid back, making them the most desirable form of assistance. Here, roughly 55% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $7,726 (covering around 753 recipients).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 55% | $7,726 |
| Federal Pell grants | 18% | $5,245 |
| Federal student loans | 7% | $5,771 |
For on-campus title-IV students, average grant aid came to $9,435.
Because need-based aid scales with family income, what students actually pay differs sharply across income brackets.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $6,949 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $7,937 |
| Over $75,000 | $7,019 |
Remember these are net prices — what families pay after gift aid, not before.
The net price represents the average annual cost a title-IV-receiving student pays after grant aid is subtracted from the full cost of attendance.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $7,463 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $7,394 |
To get a personalized net price estimate, try Northwest Community College’s official net price calculator: www.nwc.edu/calculator.
A typical borrower at Northwest Community College leaves with $6,500 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $6,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $10,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $106.02/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
The numbers below show the full range, not just the middle of the distribution. Use the percentiles below to see the debt range at Northwest Community College.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,775 |
| 25th percentile | $3,144 |
| 75th percentile | $11,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $17,835 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
Debt by Income Tier
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $6,779 |
| Middle income | $8,250 |
| High income | $5,500 |
First-Gen vs Continuing-Gen Median Debt
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $6,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $5,515 |
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $5,500 |
| Independent students | $9,954 |
A handful of calculated indicators summarize the debt outlook at Northwest Community College.
Most undergraduate borrowing runs through the federal Stafford loan program. The aggregate figures below show how active the program is at Northwest Community College:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 3502 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $32,651,313 |
Veterans and active-duty service members may qualify for the Post-9/11 GI Bill or DoD Tuition Assistance.
Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 13 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $44,964 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $3,459 |
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 2 |
| Total DoD amount | $8,691 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $4,346 |
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