Northwest College

Institutional Profile

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

2,173 credit students

65% — full time
35% — part time
72% — Wyoming
23% — other states
5% — other countries

Annual Cost

$10,148 approximate total
(Wyoming resident living on campus)

$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

Student Scholarships

(Dollars awarded by NWC)

44% of students receive scholarships

67% — institutionally funded
33% — privately funded
$2,329 — average annual scholarship

Employees

306 total employees

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

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

$30,341,209 total (2010-11 year)

$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

Endowment Funds

(As of Dec. 31, 2010)

$20,462,379 total endowment

$7,971,008 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
$12,491,371 — NWC Foundation

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.