Northwest College

Institutional Profile

Northwest College 2022 Facts*

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

1,442 credit students

45% — full time
55% — part time
80% — Wyoming
17% — other states
3% — other countries

Annual Cost

$16,137 approximate total
(Wyoming resident living on campus, 15 credits/semester)

$4,862 — resident tuition & fixed fees ($11,162 nonresident)
$6,380 — room & board (2 per room, 220 meals/semester)
$1,600 — books & supplies
$1,831 — personal/miscellaneous
$1,464 — transportation

Student Scholarships

(Dollars awarded by NWC)

40% of students receive scholarships

32% — institutionally funded
68% — privately funded
$3,713 — average annual scholarship

Employees

213 total employees

91 — faculty, 51 full-time
43% of full-time faculty hold doctorates or terminal degrees

122 — 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

45 — transfer associate degrees
17 — technical associate degrees
1 — bachelor of applied science degree
24 — certificates

Library
659,019 — books and e-books
69,286 — periodicals and e-periodicals
125,824 — media and e-media (video, audio, digital)
Access on and off campus to 207 online databases
Finance

$33,131,213 total (2021-22 year)

$11,783,270 — state funding
$4,171,017 — local funding (Park County mill levy including additional 1 Mill, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
$4,954,205 — tuition & fees
$3,178,470 — auxiliary fund (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
$4,043,566 — federal grants/contracts
$2,912,017 — state grants/contracts
$1,132,046 — private grants/contracts
$956,622 — other sources (local grants/contracts, endowment income, etc.)

NWC Foundation

Established 1966

(As of Dec. 31, 2021 - unaudited)

$58,368,595 total assets

$2,852,615 — unrestricted
$12,892,413 — temporarily restricted
$24,056,650 — permanently restricted
$18,566,918 — NWC endowment/other liabilities

$54,463,184 total endowment

$18,356,535 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
$36,106,650 — NWC Foundation

NWC Alumni Association

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

24,609 alumni worldwide

Economic Impact

$15,228,875 employee payroll (Salary & benefits during 2021)

$2,696,886 annual expenditures in goods and services in Park County (est.)

Leadership

Board of Trustees President

Mark Wurzel, Powell

College President

Lisa Watson

*Figures based upon fall 2021 data unless noted otherwise.