About Us

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

1,383 credit students

• 44% — full time
• 56% — part time
• 78% — Wyoming
• 14% — other states
• 7% — other countries

Annual Cost

$19,609 approximate total
(Wyoming resident living on campus, 15 credits/semester)

• $5,025 — resident tuition & fixed fees ($11,325 nonresident)
• $8,812 — food & housing (2 per room, 260 meals/semester, plus additional food allowance not charged by college)
• $1,616 — books & supplies
• $2,306 — personal/miscellaneous
• $1,850 — transportation

Student Scholarships (dollars awarded by NWC)

64% of degree/certificate-seeking students receive scholarships

• 43% — institutionally funded
• 57% — privately funded
• $5,254 — average annual scholarship

Employees

213 total employees

• 87 — faculty, 51 full-time 
• 126 — administrative, professional and classified staff

Campus

Main campus, Powell

• 137 — total acres
• 63 — buildings (includes West Campus and CTD buildings)

Four off-campus locations

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

Programs of Study

• 45 — transfer associate degrees
• 18 — technical associate degrees
• 2 — bachelor of applied science degree
• 27 — certificates

Library

• 499,762 — books and e-books
• 104,178 — periodicals and e-periodicals
• 70,093 — media and e-media (video, audio, digital)
• Access on and off campus to 223 online databases

Finance

$36,473,710 total revenue (2024-25 year)

• $9,077,203 — total operating revenue
  • $3,448,920 — tuition & fees
  • $3,255,430 — auxiliary fund (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
  • $2,372,853 — other operational revenue
• $27,396,507 — total non-operating revenue
  • $16,393,081 — state appropriations
  • $5,852,928 — local appropriations (Park County mill levy including additional 1 Mill, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
  • $2,595,756 — federal & state grants
  • $513,108 — private gifts & grants
  • $2,041,634 — other non-operational revenue

NWC Foundation

(As of June 30, 2025)
Established 1966

$55,828,289 total assets

• $513,229 — unrestricted
• $11,803,285 — temporarily restricted
• $26,080,991 — permanently restricted
• $17,430,784 — NWC endowment/other liabilities

$54,816,646 total endowment

• $17,141,653 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
• $37,674,993 — NWC Foundation

NWC Alumni Association

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

26,011 alumni worldwide

Economic Impact

$76.5 million — total economic impact from NWC to service area counties
(operations spending, constructions spend, student spending, alumni impact from 2024 Economic Impact Study)

Leadership

Board of Trustees President
Denise Laursen, Powell

College President
Lisa Watson