Northwest College

Institutional Profile

Northwest College 2023 Facts*

Northwest College

Mission
In the context of our global society, the mission of Northwest College is to be student-centered; be forward-thinking; cultivate community; prepare students for transfer, career, and life; and retain and graduate students.

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
(www.hlcommission.org)

Students

1,445 credit students

45% — full time
55% — part time
79% — Wyoming
16% — other states
5% — other countries

Annual Cost

$16,651 approximate total
(Wyoming resident living on campus, 15 credits/semester)

$4,862 — resident tuition & fixed fees ($11,162 nonresident)
$6,640 — room & board (2 per room, 260 meals/semester)
$1,600 — books & supplies
$1,972 — personal/miscellaneous
$1,577 — transportation

Student Scholarships

(Dollars awarded by NWC)

43% of students receive scholarships

38% — institutionally funded
62% — privately funded
$4,199 — average annual scholarship

Employees

218 total employees

98 — faculty, 51 full-time
43% of full-time faculty hold doctorates or terminal degrees

120 — administrative, professional and classified staff

Campus

Main campus, Powell

132 — total acres
62 — buildings (includes West Campus buildings)

Four off-campus locations

Mickelson Field Station (50 miles west of Powell)
Cody Center
Worland Center
Trapper Arena
Programs of Study

44 — transfer associate degrees
19 — technical associate degrees
1 — bachelor of applied science degree
23 — certificates

Library
334,456 — books and e-books
100,839 — periodicals and e-periodicals
230,825 — media and e-media (video, audio, digital)
Access on and off campus to 212 online databases
Finance

$30,012,255 total (2022-23 year)

$11,961,904 — state funding
$6,551,855 — local funding (Park County mill levy including additional 1 Mill, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
$4,119,656 — tuition & fees
$3,238,294 — auxiliary fund (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
$2,112,975 — federal grants/contracts
$1,130,774 — state grants/contracts
$314,212 — private grants/contracts
$582,585 — other sources (local grants/contracts, endowment income, etc.)

NWC Foundation

Established 1966

(As of Dec. 31, 2022 - unaudited)

$48,226,152 total assets

$246,822 — unrestricted
$6,490,149 — temporarily restricted
$25,105,929 — permanently restricted
$16,383,253 — NWC endowment/other liabilities

$47,206,705 total endowment

$15,015,610 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
$32,191,095 — NWC Foundation

NWC Alumni Association

Founded in 1988
(First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)
NWC Alumni

24,778 alumni worldwide

Economic Impact

$15,661,505 employee payroll (Salary & benefits during 2022)

$2,960,393 annual expenditures in goods and services in Park County (est.)

Leadership

Board of Trustees President

Mark Wurzel, Powell

College President

Lisa Watson (interim)

*Figures based upon fall 2022 data unless noted otherwise.