Northwest Iowa Community College Trade Programs

Located in Sheldon, Iowa, Northwest Iowa Community College is a public institution. The rural area surrounding Northwest Iowa Community College is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

Where Is Northwest Iowa Community College?

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

Can I Afford Northwest Iowa Community College?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Northwest Iowa Community College students paid $194 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $204 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,820	$6,120
Fees	$1,050	$1,050
Books and Supplies	$1,312	$1,312
On Campus Room and Board	$6,598	$6,598
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 33% of students took out student loans averaging $5,459 a year. That adds up to $21,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Northwest Iowa Community College is 1.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Northwest Iowa Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,716 undergraduate students at Northwest Iowa Community College, with 562 being full-time and 1,154 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 562 full-time undergraduates at Northwest Iowa Community College, 62% are male and 38% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	480
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

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

In 2020-2021, 1,133 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.

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 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Northwest Iowa Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northwest Iowa Community College was 8.3%. This is the #1,273 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Northwest Iowa Community College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.