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
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1,719 credit students |
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59% — full time |
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$11,841 approximate total |
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$2,789 — resident tuition & fixed fees ($6,773 nonresident) |
(Dollars awarded by NWC)
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48% of students receive scholarships |
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70% — institutionally funded |
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313 total employees |
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146 — faculty, 77 full-time 167 — administrative, professional and classified staff |
Main campus, Powell
Three off-campus locations
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$32,485,095 total (2014-15 year) |
| $14,511,094 — state funding $4,862,474 — local funding (Park County mill levy, motor vehicle taxes, etc.) $4,494,340 — tuition & fees $4,111,627 — auxiliary fund (bookstore, residence halls, etc.) $2,835,870 — federal grants/contracts $1,670,690 — other sources (state & local grants/contracts, private gifts/grants/contracts, endowment income) |
(As of Dec. 31, 2014 - unaudited)
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$31,226,411 total endowment |
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$12,301,178 — NWC (managed by NWC Foundation) |
Founded in 1988
(First two-year college alumni association in Wyoming)
nwc.edu/alumni
22,681 alumni worldwide
$16,893,428 employee payroll (salary & benefits during 2015)
5th largest employer in county
$4,285,060 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)
*Figures based upon fall 2014 data unless noted otherwise.