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Northwest Iowa Community College

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Located in Sheldon, Iowa, Northwest Iowa Community College is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Sheldon draws many to the area.

604 Full-Time Undergraduates
$6,000 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is Northwest Iowa Community College?

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Contact details for Northwest Iowa Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 603 W Park St, Sheldon, IA 51201
Phone: 712-324-5061
Website: www.nwicc.edu

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Can I Afford Northwest Iowa Community College?

$6,000 In-State Tuition
29% Take Out Loans
In a recent term, part-time Northwest Iowa Community College students paid $200 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $210 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $6,000 $6,300
Fees $1,110 $1,110
Books and Supplies $1,312 $1,312
On Campus Room and Board $9,316 $9,316
On Campus Other Expenses $4,980 $4,980

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Northwest Iowa Community College, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $5,043 a year. That adds up to $20,172 over four years for those students.

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Northwest Iowa Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

604 Full-Time Undergraduates
40% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,666 undergraduate students at Northwest Iowa Community College, with 604 being full-time and 1,062 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 604 full-time undergraduates at Northwest Iowa Community College, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northwest Iowa Community College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 7
Black or African American 25
Hispanic or Latino 60
White 473
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 39

Over 3 countries are represented at Northwest Iowa Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Honduras, Ghana, and Philippines.

Online Learning at Northwest Iowa Community College

765 Took All Classes Online
1,181 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 1,181 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Northwest Iowa Community College has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 5th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Northwest Iowa Community College Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Lineworker 9 48 57
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 0 33 33
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician 18 6 24
Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician 23 0 23
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician 3 11 14
Electrician 13 0 13
Welding Technology/Welder 2 8 10
Mechanical Drafting & Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD 4 5 9
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician 9 0 9
Radiologic Technology 8 0 8
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology 7 0 7
Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation 3 0 3
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 0 1 1
TOTAL 99 112 211

Northwest Iowa Community College Trades

In a recent academic period, Northwest Iowa Community College awarded 577 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major Basic Certificates Undergrad Certificates Associate’s Bachelor’s
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 1 0 0
Allied Health Professions 0 0 8 0
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 0 5 4 0
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 0 48 22 0
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 0 7 0
Electronics Maintenance & Repair 0 0 23 0
Ground Transportation 0 0 3 0
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 11 3 0
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 0 33 0 0
Precision Metal Working 0 8 2 0
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 0 6 27 0
Total 0 291 286 0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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