Northwest College 2015 Facts*
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
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†
$5,100 — room & board (2 per room, 19 meals/week)
$1,000 — books & supplies
$1,640 — personal/miscellaneous
$1,312 — transportation
†$6,773 nonresident tuition & fixed fees
Student Scholarships
48% of students receive scholarships (Dollars awarded by NWC)
- 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)
Four off-campus locations
- 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
22,063 alumni worldwide
- Association founded in 1988
(First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)
- nwc.edu/alumni
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 added regional income from college operations/alumni/student spending: $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.