Northwest College 2011 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 of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
www.ncacihe.org
Students
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2,173 credit students
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65% — full time
35% — part time
72% — Wyoming
23% — other states
5% — other countries
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Annual Cost
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$10,148 approximate total
(Wyoming resident living on campus)
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$2,246 — resident tuition & fixed fees ($5,510 nonresident)
$4,202 — room & board (2 per room, 19 meals/week)
$1,000 — books & supplies
$1,500 — personal/miscellaneous
$1,200 — transportation
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Student Scholarships
(Dollars awarded by NWC)
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44% of students receive scholarships
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67% — institutionally funded
33% — privately funded
$2,329 — average annual scholarship
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Employees
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306 total employees
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154 — faculty, 79 full-time
19:1 student-to-faculty ratio
33% of full-time faculty hold doctorates or terminal degrees
(national community college average is about 15%)
152 — administrative, professional and classified staff
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Campus
Main campus, Powell
124 — total acres
59 — buildings (includes West Campus buildings)
Three off-campus locations
A.L. Mickelson Field Station (50 miles west of Powell)
Cody Center
Worland Center
Programs of Study
56 — transfer degrees
20 — technical degrees
36 — certificates
Library
50,349 — books
261 — periodicals
467,594 — media and e-media (video, audio, digital)
- Growing collection of audiovisual materials
- Access on and off campus to more than 100 online databases and almost 45,000 electronic periodicals
- Access to holdings of libraries throughout Wyoming.
Budget
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$30,341,209 total (2010-11 year)
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$12,873,237 — state funding
$4,137,438 — local funding (Park County mill levy, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
$4,529,833 — tuition and fees
$4,725,125 — auxiliary fund (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
$3,902,225 — federal grants/contracts
$173,750 — misc. revenue
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Endowment Funds
(As of Dec. 31, 2010)
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$20,462,379 total endowment
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$7,971,008 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
$12,491,371 — NWC Foundation
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NWC Alumni Association
Founded in 1988
(First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)
nwc.edu/alumni
20,675 alumni worldwide
Economic Impact
$17,076,931 employee payroll (salary & benefits during 2010)
5th largest employer in county
$3,487,345 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
Mark Westerhold, Cody
College President
Paul B. Prestwich, Ph.D.
*Figures based upon fall 2010 data unless noted otherwise.
