Northwest Technical College
Northwest Technical College is a public community college in Bemidji, MN, with about 433 students on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
Northwest Technical College, in brief
Many students are adults coming back to school
46% of undergraduates are 25 or older, and 59% study part-time. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓
Northwest Technical College is very small
About 433 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
Northwest Technical College is mostly about health professions
64% of the degrees Northwest Technical College awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, construction trades, is 15%. Majors ↓
Long, cold winters
January nights in Bemidji average -3°F, with about 49 inches of snow a year. Living in Bemidji ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The students
751 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
How hard is it to get into Northwest Technical College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Northwest Technical College is likely test-optional.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $16,905 a year
Before any grants
After grants, the average family on aid pays $10,996.
Tuition and fees are $6,254 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $21,282 over 2 years · 37% off the sticker price
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting
$159 a month against about $3,449 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 61% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
Earnings by family background
Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Associate degree programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
Living in Bemidji
15% of Bemidji’s 15,770 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Bemidji pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Northwest Technical College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.