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Institutional Profile

Northwest College 2012 Facts*

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    Founding

    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

    Accreditation

• Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
  www.ncacihe.org

    Students

    Students

• 2,145 credit students
  • 59% — full-time
    41% — part-time
    75% — Wyoming
    22% — other states
      3% — other countries

    Annual Cost

    Annual Cost

• $10,490 approximate total
  

  (Wyoming resident living on campus†)
  • $2,330 — resident tuition and fixed fees†
    $4,460 — room & board (2 per room, 19 meals/week)
    $1,000 — books & supplies
    $1,500 — personal/misc 
    $1,200 — transportation

  
  †$5,738 nonresident tuition & fixed fees

    Student Scholarships

    Student Scholarships

• 44% of students receive scholarships (Dollars awarded by NWC)
  
  •     71% — institutionally funded
        29% — privately funded
    $2,344 — average annual scholarship

    Employees

    Employees

• 328 total employees
  • 164 — faculty, 81 full-time
    
    •    17:1 student-to-faculty ratio
         33% of full-time faculty hold doctorates or terminal degrees 
          (national community college average is about 15%)
    164 — administrative, professional and classified staff

    Campus

    Campus

• Main campus, Powell
  • 124 — total acres
      59 — buildings
    

  
  

  Four off-campus centers
  • Mickelson Field Station (50 miles west of Powell)
  • Cody Center
  • Worland Center
  • Rodeo Arena

    Programs of Study

    Programs of Study

• • 54 — transfer degrees
  • 19 — technical degrees
  • 34 — skills certificates

    Library

    Library

• • 116,089 — books and ebooks
  •   62,418 — periodicals and electronic periodicals
  •   28,531 — videos and audio materials (includes electronic)
    • Access on and off campus to more than 200 online databases

    Budget

    Budget

• $34,579,124 total (2011-12 year)
  • $14,447,795 — state funding
      $4,162,040 — local funding 
          (Park County mill levy, motor vehicle taxes, etc.)
      $4,570,909 — tuition and fees
      $4,791,166 — auxiliary fund
          (bookstore, residence halls, etc.)
      $4,564,278 — federal grants/contracts
      $2,042,936 — other sources
          (state & local grants/contracts, private gifts/grants/contracts, endowment income)
    

    Permanently Endowed Funds

    Permanently Endowed Funds

• (As of Dec. 31, 2011)

  $21,767,545 total endowment
  •        $7,983,674 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation)
         $13,783,871 — NWC Foundation
  •      www.northwestcollege.edu/foundation

    NWC Alumni Association

    NWC Alumni Association

• 21,496 alumni worldwide
  • Association founded in 1988
    (First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)
    www.northwestcollege.edu/alumni

    Economic Impact

    Economic Impact

• $17,432,395 employee payroll (Salary & benefits during 2011)
  • 5th largest employer in county
    $3,490,115 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

    Cultural Impact

• Over 100 public programs/events on campus each year

    Leadership

    Leadership

• Board of Trustees President

      Mark Westerhold, Cody
  
  

  College President

      Paul B. Prestwich, Ph.D.

* Figures based upon fall 2011 data unless noted otherwise.