by our College Data Analytics Team
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Northwest Iowa Community College was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is electrical & power transmission installers.
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College Factual ranked Northwest Iowa Community College as #1,119 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Northwest Iowa Community College held the #1,399 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 37 colleges in Iowa, Northwest Iowa Community College is ranked at #25.
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If you are worried about getting into Northwest Iowa Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Northwest Iowa Community College is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 Iowa Community College is 30%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Northwest Iowa Community College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,666 undergraduates at Northwest Iowa Community College with 604 being full-time and 1,062 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,695 | $8,654 | $10,456 | $16,625 | $16,251 |
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 Iowa 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 Iowa Community College, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $5,043 a year. That adds up to $20,172 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Northwest Iowa Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 603 W Park St, Sheldon, IA 51201 |
| Phone: | 712-324-5061 |
| Website: | www.nwicc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 70 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 48 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 33 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 33 | NA |
| Accounting | 30 | NA |
| Nursing | 29 | NA |
| Electronics Maintenance & Repair | 23 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 14 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 14 | NA |
| Computer Software & Applications | 11 | 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, 1,181 students took at least one online class at Northwest Iowa Community College. This is an increase from the 1,133 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,181 | 765 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,133 | 755 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,134 | 749 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,067 | 605 |
Learn more about online learning at Northwest Iowa Community College.
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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