Institutional Profile

Northwest College 2009 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

• 1,810 credit students
  • 64% — full time
    36% — part time
    70% — Wyoming
    25% — other states
      5% — 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

• 70% of students receive scholarships
  •     67% — institutionally funded
        33% — privately funded
    $1,736 — average scholarship
    

    Employees

    Employees

• 317 total employees
  • 157 — faculty, 82 full time
    
    •    16:1 student-to-faculty ratio
         30% hold doctorates or terminal degrees
          (national community college average is about 13%)
    160 — 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

• • 51 — transfer degrees
    21 — technical degrees
    35 — skills certificates
    

    Library

    Library

• • 50,700 — books
         300 — periodicals
    

• • Growing collection of audiovisual materials
  • Access on and off campus to more than 70 online databases and thousands of electronic periodicals
  • Access to holdings of other libraries throughout Wyoming.

    Budget

    Budget

• $30,013,501 total (2008-09 year)
  • $14,147,738 — state funding
       $4,433,706 — local funding
                                    (Park County mill levy, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
       $3,382,401— tuition and fees
      $4,271,480 — auxillary fund
                                   (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
       $3,634,449 — federal grants/contracts
          $283,250 — misc. revenue

    Permanently Endowed Funds

    Permanently Endowed Funds

• (As of Dec. 31, 2008)
  $18,198,100 total endowment
  •       $6,530,877 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
          $11,667,223 — NWC Foundation
          www.northwestcollege.org

    NWC Alumni Association

    NWC Alumni Association

• 19,128 alumni worldwide
  • Association founded in 1988
    (First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)
    

    Economic Impact

    Economic Impact

• $15,881,445 employee payroll (Salary & benefits during 2008)
  • 5th largest employer in county
    $3,939,771 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.