by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Northwest Mississippi Community College was awarded 9 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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NWCC landed the #1,752 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NWCC held the #1,896 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 24 colleges in Mississippi, NWCC is ranked at #13.
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Since Northwest Mississippi Community College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
The student to faculty ratio at Northwest Mississippi Community College is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Northwest Mississippi Community College is 63%. This is higher 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 Mississippi Community College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,092 undergraduates at NWCC with 4,191 being full-time and 2,901 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,374 | $6,908 | $8,960 | $9,560 | $9,433 |
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 NWCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NWCC, approximately 14% of students took out student loans averaging $3,924 a year. That adds up to $15,696 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for NWCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4975 Hwy 51 N, Senatobia, MS 38668-1714 |
| Phone: | 662-562-3200 |
| Website: | www.northwestms.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 705 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 210 | NA |
| Nursing | 106 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 87 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 80 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 60 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 56 | NA |
| Electronics Maintenance & Repair | 54 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 46 | NA |
| Marketing | 40 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 2,723 students took at least one online class at Northwest Mississippi Community College. This is an increase from the 2,598 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,723 | 500 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,598 | 717 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,856 | 630 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,450 | 749 |
Learn more about online learning at Northwest Mississippi 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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