Institutional Profile

Northwest College 2008 Facts *

Click an item below to read more...     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

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

    Students

• 1,747 credit students
  • 67% — full time
    33% — part time
    69% — Wyoming
    28% — other states
      3% — other countries

    Annual Cost

• $8,638 approximate total
  
  (Wyoming resident living on campus†)
  • $2,000 — resident tuition and fixed fees†
    $3,488 — room & board (2 per room, 19 meals/week)
       $900 — books & supplies
    $1,350 — personal/misc
       $900 — transportation
  
  †$4,976 nonresident tuition & fixed fees
  

    Student Scholarships

• 83.9% of students receive scholarships
  •     75.6% — institutionally funded
        24.4% — privately funded
    $1,296 — average scholarship
    

    Employees

• 293 total employees
  • 136 — faculty, 78 full time
    
    •    17:1 student-to-faculty ratio
         25% hold doctorates or terminal degrees
          (national community college average is about 18%)
    157 — administrative, professional and classified staff
    

    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

• • 52 — transfer degrees
    21 — technical degrees
    29 — skills certificates
    

    Library

• • 53,200 — books
         350 — periodicals
    

• • Growing collection of audiovisual materials
  • Access on and off campus to more than 65 online databases and thousands of electronic periodicals
  • Access to holding of 90 other libraries throughout Wyoming.

    Budget

• $27,765,920 total (2007-08 year)
  • $13,128,034 — state funding
       $4,138,191 — local funding
                                    (Park County mill levy, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
       $3,273,856 — tuition and fees
      $3,684,332 — auxillary fund
                                   (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
       $2,718,743 — federal grants/contracts
          $822,764 — misc. revenue

    Permanently Endowed Funds

• (As of Dec. 31, 2007)
  $17,178,255 total endowment
  •       $0 — NWC
    $17,178,255 — NWC Foundation
    www.northwestcollege.org

    NWC Alumni Association

• 18,557 alumni worldwide
  • Association founded in 1988
    (First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)
    

    Economic Impact

• $8,708,604 employee payroll (Salary & benefits during 2007)
• 5th largest employer in county
• $3,716,863 annual expenditures in goods and services in Park County (est.)

    Cultural Impact

• Over 100 public programs/events on campus each year

    Leadership

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

* Figures based upon fall 2007 data unless noted otherwise.