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

1,445 credit students

• 45% — full time
• 55% — part time
• 79% — Wyoming
• 16% — other states
• 5% — other countries

Annual Cost

$16,651 approximate total
(Wyoming resident living on campus, 15 credits/semester)

• $4,862 — resident tuition & fixed fees ($11,162 nonresident)
• $6,640 — room & board (2 per room, 260 meals/semester)
• $1,600 — books & supplies
• $1,972 — personal/miscellaneous
• $1,577 — transportation

Student Scholarships (dollars awarded by NWC)

43% of students receive scholarships

• 38% — institutionally funded
• 62% — privately funded
• $4,199 — average annual scholarship

Employees

218 total employees

• 98 — faculty, 51 full-time (43% of full-time faculty hold doctorates or terminal degrees)
• 120 — administrative, professional and classified staff

Campus

Main campus, Powell

• 132 — total acres
• 162 — 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

• 44 — transfer associate degrees
• 19 — technical associate degrees
• 1 — bachelor of applied science degree
• 23 — certificates

Library

• 334,456 — books and e-books
• 100,839 — periodicals and e-periodicals
• 230,825 — media and e-media (video, audio, digital)
• Access on and off campus to 212 online databases

Finance

$30,012,255 total (2022-23 year)

• $11,961,904 — state funding
• $6,551,855 — local funding (Park County mill levy including additional 1 Mill, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
• $4,119,656 — tuition & fees
• $3,238,294 — auxiliary fund (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
• $2,112,975 — federal grants/contracts
• $1,130,774 — state grants/contracts
• $314,212 — private grants/contracts
• $582,585 — other sources (local grants/contracts, endowment income, etc.)

NWC Foundation

(As of Dec. 31, 2022 - unaudited)
Established 1966

$48,226,152 total assets

• $246,822 — unrestricted
• $6,490,149 — temporarily restricted
• $25,105,929 — permanently restricted
• $16,383,253 — NWC endowment/other liabilities

$47,206,705 total endowment

• $15,015,610 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
• $32,191,095 — NWC Foundation

NWC Alumni Association

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

24,778 alumni worldwide

Economic Impact

• $15,661,505 employee payroll (Salary & benefits during 2022)
• $2,960,393 annual expenditures in goods and services in Park County (est.)

Leadership

Board of Trustees President
Mark Wurzel, Powell

College President
Lisa Watson (Interim)