Institutional Profile

Northwest College 2010 Facts *

    Founding

    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).

    Accreditation

    Accreditation

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

    Students

    Students

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

    Annual Cost

    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
  

    Student Scholarships

    Student Scholarships

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

    Employees

    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
    

    Campus

    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

    Programs of Study

    Programs of Study

• 56 — transfer degree
• 20 — technical degrees
• 34 — skills certificates

    Library

    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.

    Budget

    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

    Permanently Endowed Funds

    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

    NWC Alumni Association

    NWC Alumni Association

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

    Economic Impact

    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.)

    Cultural Impact

    Cultural Impact

• Over 100 public programs/events on campus each year

    Leadership

    Leadership

• Board of Trustees President
      Jim Vogt, Powell
  
  
  College President
      Paul B. Prestwich, Ph.D.