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 of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
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1,973 credit students |
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55% — full time |
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$11,447 approximate total |
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$2,693 — resident tuition & fixed fees ($6,485 nonresident) |
(Dollars awarded by NWC)
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43% of students receive scholarships |
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70% — institutionally funded |
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318 total employees |
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151 — faculty, 78 full-time 167 — administrative, professional and classified staff |
Main campus, Powell
Three off-campus locations
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$33,423,763 total (2013-14 year) |
| $13,674,969 — state funding $4,846,868 — local funding (Park County mill levy, motor vehicle taxes, etc.) $4,676,158 — tuition & fees $4,636,945 — auxiliary fund (bookstore, residence halls, etc.) $3,825,910 — federal grants/contracts $1,762,913 — other sources (state & local grants/contracts, private gifts/grants/contracts, endowment income) |
(As of Dec. 31, 2013 - unaudited)
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$23,186,553 total endowment |
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$10,462,668 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation) |
Founded in 1988
(First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)
nwc.edu/alumni
22,432 alumni worldwide
$18,322,250 employee payroll (salary & benefits during 2013)
5th largest employer in county
$8,085,360 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)
Board of Trustees President
College President
*Figures based upon fall 2013 data unless noted otherwise.