Northwest College

Institutional Profile

Northwest College 2015 Facts*

Northwest College

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

1,719 credit students

59% — full time
41% — part time
72% — Wyoming
23% — other states
4% — other countries

Annual Cost

$11,841 approximate total
(Wyoming resident living on campus)

$2,789 — resident tuition & fixed fees ($6,773 nonresident)
$5,100 — room & board (2 per room, 19 meals/week)
$1,000 — books & supplies
$1,640 — personal/miscellaneous
$1,312 — transportation

Student Scholarships

(Dollars awarded by NWC)

48% of students receive scholarships

70% — institutionally funded
30% — privately funded
$3,091 — average annual scholarship

Employees

313 total employees

146 — faculty, 77 full-time
12:1 student-to-faculty ratio
35% of full-time faculty hold doctorates or terminal degrees
(national community college average is about 19%)

167 — administrative, professional and classified staff

Campus

Main campus, Powell

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

Three off-campus locations

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

52 — transfer degrees
19 — technical degrees
30 — certificates

Library
678,656 — books and e-books
128,723 — periodicals and e-periodicals
404,323 — media and e-media (video, audio, digital)
Access on and off campus to 238 online databases
Budget

$32,485,095 total (2014-15 year)

$14,511,094 — state funding
$4,862,474 — local funding (Park County mill levy, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
$4,494,340 — tuition & fees
$4,111,627 — auxiliary fund (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
$2,835,870 — federal grants/contracts
$1,670,690 — other sources (state & local grants/contracts, private gifts/grants/contracts, endowment income)
Endowment Funds

(As of Dec. 31, 2014 - unaudited)

$31,226,411 total endowment

$12,301,178 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
$18,925,233 — NWC Foundation

NWC Alumni Association

Founded in 1988
(First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)
nwc.edu/alumni

22,681 alumni worldwide

Economic Impact

$16,893,428 employee payroll (salary & benefits during 2015)

5th largest employer in county

$4,285,060 annual expenditures in goods and services in Park County (est.)

Total student/college operations "spending & productivity effects": $78,004,000 (Source: Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc., 2011 study of WY community colleges)

Cultural Impact

Over 100 public programs/events on campus each year

Leadership

Board of Trustees President

John Housel, Cody

College President

Stefani Hicswa, Ph.D.

*Figures based upon fall 2014 data unless noted otherwise.