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Northwest College 2010 Facts *

Click an item below to read more...     expand Founding
  • Founded in 1946, NWC is a two-year, comprehensive community college serving Park County (tax district) and Park, Big Horn and Washakie Counties (service area).

    expand Accreditation
  • Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
    www.ncacihe.org

    expand Students
  • 2,198 credit students
    • 61% — full time
      39% — part time
      73% — Wyoming
      23% — other states
        4% — other countries

    expand Annual Cost
  • $9,851 approximate total
    (Wyoming resident living on campus†)
    • $2,235 — resident tuition and fixed fees†
      $3,916 — room & board (2 per room, 19 meals/week)
      $1,000 — books & supplies
      $1,500 — personal/misc
      $1,200 — transportation

    †$5,499 nonresident tuition & fixed fees

    expand Student Scholarships
  • 44% of students receive scholarships (Dollars awarded by NWC)
    •     81% — institutionally funded
          19% — privately funded
      $2,389 — average scholarship

    expand Employees
  • 314 total employees
    • 152 — faculty, 80 full time
      •    18:1 student-to-faculty ratio
           35% hold doctorates or terminal degrees
            (national community college average is about 15%)
      162 — administrative, professional and classified staff

    expand Campus
  • Main campus, Powell
    • 124 — total acres
        57 — total buildings

    Three off-campus locations
    •   • Mickelson Field Station (50 miles west of Powell)
        • Cody Center
        • Worland Center

    expand Programs of Study
  • 56 — transfer degree
  • 20 — technical degrees
  • 34 — skills certificates

    expand Library
  • 53,303 — books
  • 358 — periodicals
    • Growing collection of audiovisual materials
    • Access on and off campus to more than 80 online databases and over 42,000 electronic periodicals
    • Access to holdings of other libraries throughout Wyoming.

    expand Budget
  • $29,824,724 total (2009-10 year)
    • $11,581,560 — state funding
        $5,597,296 — local funding
                                      (Park County mill levy, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
        $3,986,225 — tuition and fees
        $4,331,975 — auxillary fund
                                     (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
        $4,129,298 — federal grants/contracts
            $198,370 — misc. revenue

    expand Permanently Endowed Funds
  • (As of Dec. 31, 2009)
    $19,551,114 total endowment
    •       $7,059,994 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
            $12,491,120 — NWC Foundation
            www.northwestcollege.org

    expand NWC Alumni Association
  • 19,693 alumni worldwide
    • Association founded in 1988
      (First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)

    expand Economic Impact
  • $16,709,827 employee payroll (Salary & benefits during 2009)
    • 5th largest employer in county
      $3,505,234 annual expenditures in goods and services in Park County (est.)

    expand Cultural Impact
  • Over 100 public programs/events on campus each year

    expand Leadership
  • Board of Trustees President
        Jim Vogt, Powell

    College President
        Paul B. Prestwich, Ph.D.


* Figures based upon fall 2009 data unless noted otherwise.

Contact

Mark Kitchen
Vice President for College Relations

Office: ORB144F
Phone: 307.754.6405