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Community college · Public

Northwest College

Powell, WY255 online only

Northwest College is a public community college in Powell, WY, with about 1,124 students on campus.

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Students on campus
1,124
plus 255 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$7,463
tuition and fees $4,962; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
49%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$36,950
lower than at 63% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Northwest College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Northwest College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $16,898 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,262

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,962Room & board $9,474Books & supplies $1,456Other costs $1,006

After grants, the average family on aid pays $7,463.

Tuition and fees are $4,962 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

$7,961

About $15,922 over 2 years · 53% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
49%
within 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$36,950
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,000
about $106 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.8%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$106 a month against about $2,770 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

55%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 67% 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

Lower incomeunder $30k
$33k
Middle income$30–75k
$40k
Higher incomeover $75k
$42k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 21%Liberal arts 18%Agriculture 11%Business 9%Visual & performing arts 7%Education 6%Everything else 28%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Business Administration, Management and Operations14 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

890 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 69%Hispanic 8%Asian 1%Two or more 3%International 12%

Women and men

Women 56%Men 44%
14 : 1
students per teacher
18%
get Pell grants (lower income)
7%
take federal loans
18%
undergrads 25 or older
25%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Powell

15% of Powell’s 6,574 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Powell pages.

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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.