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Northwest State Community College was awarded 34 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Northwest State Community College is ranked #1,745 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Northwest State Community College held the #2,080 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Northwest State Community College also holds the #66 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.
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Northwest State Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Northwest State Community College, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
The freshmen retention rate of 83% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Northwest State Community College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,736 undergraduates at Northwest State Community College with 555 being full-time and 3,181 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,274 | $9,745 | $12,009 | $13,571 | $14,496 |
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 State Community College, 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 Northwest State Community College, approximately 25% of students took out student loans averaging $3,657 a year. That adds up to $14,628 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Northwest State Community College is 8.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Northwest State Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 22600 State Route 34, Archbold, OH 43502-9542 |
| Phone: | 419-267-5511 |
| Website: | https://northweststate.edu/ |
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 2020-2021, 1,156 students took at least one online class at Northwest State Community College. This is an increase from the 1,053 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,156 | 593 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,053 | 577 |
| 2018-2019 | 178 | 50 |
| 2017-2018 | 695 | 349 |
| 2016-2017 | 861 | 356 |
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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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