Northwest College - Community College Profile

Academic Overview

Northwest College is a four-years, public school located in Powell, Wyoming. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $4,935 for Wyoming residents and $11,235 for other students on average. It offers 71 degree programs through 6 Certificate, 52 Associate's, 1 Bachelor's programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 5 programs (3 Associate's, 1 Bachelor's programs). The average earning in 10 years after graduation from the school is $37,200.

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	four-years, public
Address	231 W 6th St, Powell, WY
Phone	307-754-6000
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$4,935 Out-of-State$11,235
Student Population »	1,423 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	43%
Transfer-out Rate	13%
Average Financial Aid »	$6,337
Students to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$37,200

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees are $4,935 for Wyoming residents and $11,235 for out-of-state students at Northwest College. Its tuition & fees are cheaper than the average tuition ($10,810) over public community colleges in Wyoming.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at Northwest College. Then, we compare its costs to Wyoming community colleges and all U.S. community colleges. In addition, the chart shows the changes in tuition over the last 5 years.

Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs at the school. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	Wyoming Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$4,935	$11,235
Books & Supplies	$1,440
On-Campus Living Costs	$12,660
Off-Campus Living Costs	$17,042
Average Financial Aid	$6,337
Cost of Attendance	$19,035	$25,335
After Financial Aid	$12,698	$18,998
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$37,200

Cost per Credit Hour

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	Wyoming Residents	Out-of-State Students
Northwest College	$4,935	$11,235
Public Community Colleges in Wyoming	$4,510	$10,810
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$4,939	$8,623

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Northwest College offers Certificate, Associate's and Bachelor's programs. Of that, 5 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 3 Associate's, 1 Bachelor's. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Total Number of Programs
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	3	1
Total Programs	6	52	1

The next tables list major programs with offered degrees and online availability. The number on each column denotes the conferred degree of the program.

The numbers include completers through on-campus classes and partially online classes as well as only online classes. Only in Classroom means that the program is offered only on-site classes and not offered denotes that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

what is Agriculture program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	NOT OFFERED	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Production Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Crop Production	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Equestrian/Equine Studies	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Communication/Journalism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Animal Sciences	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Range Science and Management	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Natural Resources Management and Policy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Computer and Information Sciences	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Elementary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

what is Engineering program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Engineering	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

what is Engineering Technology program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	56 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Social Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Archeology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Construction Trades

what is Construction Trades program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Electrician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Precision Production Trades

what is Precision Production Trades program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Welding Technology/Welder	NOT OFFERED	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Transportation and Materials Moving

what is Transportation and Materials Moving program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Commercial and Advertising Art	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Commercial Photography	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Music Technology	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Medical/Clinical Assistant	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Pharmacy Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pre-Optometry Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	NOT OFFERED	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	34 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (other)	31 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Organizational Leadership	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 1,423 students at Northwest College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 573 male students and 854 female students are attending the school.

The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	1,427	652	775
Male Students	573	277	296
Female Students	854	375	479

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Northwest College, there are 1,423 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 787 students were attending classes through distance learning (259 students are enrolled exclusively and 528 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,423
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	259
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	528
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	636