Northwest Technical College

PublicAssociate's: High Career-Technical-High NontraditionalTwo-year, very small

Fin. Resilience

Resilience score

vs. 70 peers in its group

Northwest Technical College is a public institution in Bemidji, MN, classified by Carnegie as “Associate's: High Career-Technical-High Nontraditional.”

It enrolls about 751 undergraduates and is benchmarked here against 70 peer institutions (Associate's: High Career-Technical-High Nontraditional · Public).

On Ibex's Financial Resilience score it rates 64 out of 100 within that peer group, a transparent composite of endowment per undergraduate, net tuition revenue per student, and instructional spend per student.

That score and the financial health index below are not the same measure and can disagree: the resilience score ranks per-student resource levels against this peer group, while the financial health index scores the institution's own balance sheet and operating result on the CFI scale, independent of peers. A school with modest resources per student can still run a sound balance sheet, and a wealthy one can still post an operating loss.

Its strongest standing relative to peers is enrollment momentum (CAGR) (1.7%, 93rd percentile).

Its weakest is operating margin after a 10% enrollment loss (-12.4%).

Peer group

Associate's: High Career-Technical-High Nontraditional · Public

70 institutions

No cross-metric risk flags triggered.

Percentile profileoutward = stronger vs peers

Each spoke is this institution’s peer-group standing (0–100) on a headline metric, oriented so outward always means stronger (lower net price scores higher). A balanced large shape signals broad strength; a spiky shape flags specific weak spots.

What changedlargest year-over-year moves

First-year retention ▲ +40% 52.9% → 73.9% 2023→2024

Undergraduate enrollment ▲ +15% 654 → 751 2023→2024

Instructional spend / FTE ▼ -8% $10,087 → $9,302 2023→2024

Median debt at graduation ▲ +6% $14,133 → $15,000 2019→2020

Pell recipient share ▼ -4% 33% → 31.7% 2023→2024

Most recent single-year change in each tracked metric. Green = moved in this metric’s favorable direction, red = unfavorable, grey = size or context, not scored. Each row uses the latest pair of years that metric has, and federal collections release on different schedules, so the years differ from row to row: read the years on the row, not just the ranking. A single year is also not a trend, the multi-year series is on each metric’s card below.

Policy & demographic exposure

How exposed Northwest Technical College is to the structural shifts reshaping higher ed: a composite structural-risk index plus the 2025 federal budget law’s endowment excise tax, Grad PLUS elimination, new Parent PLUS borrowing cap and new Workforce Pell short-term-credential opportunity, and the demographic enrollment cliff. Only signals that apply to this institution are shown.

Structural risk index

Elevated

Workforce Pell exposure

43.4%

Certificate-intensive

Higher than 36% of schools nationally

Enrollment cliff (home state)

-13.3%

Steep decline

Indicative signals, not forecasts, see each metric’s definition and the methodology. Endowment-tax, Grad PLUS, Parent PLUS and Workforce Pell figures appear only where the institution is actually exposed; “nationally” compares against all schools that report each signal.

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Financial Health Index

3.1

on a −4 to 10 scale

Financial Health IndexStable

NACUBO Composite Financial Index, the balance-sheet health score accreditors and institutional boards use to gauge financial health; bond-rating agencies track similar ratios. 38th percentile of 70 peers.

Primary reserve 35%3.9 mo

Reserves vs. debt 35%6.86×

Return on net assets 20%-20.6%

Operating result 10%-17.3%

Composite of four ratios on a strength-factor scale (−4 weak → 10 strong): below 3 falls short of the threshold for financial health, below 1 signals acute stress, and above 6 is strong. Computed from IPEDS FY2022-23, the most recent finance release (it lags the current year by 2–3 years). Branch campuses that report finances at a parent/system level can show distorted ratios. For informational benchmarking, not a credit rating or financial advice.

Enrollment shock

What an enrollment loss would do to the budget

Tuition and fees fund 20% of this institution’s revenue, and it runs a -10.1% operating margin. It is already spending more than it takes in, so there is no cushion to lose.

Enrollment loss: 10%

-12.4% operating margin after the loss, with costs unchanged

A deliberately simple counterfactual: net tuition per student and total costs stay where the latest IPEDS finance filing put them, so only the tuition line moves. No institution facing this would hold costs flat, which is the point, the figure is the gap that would have to be closed, not a forecast of the margin it would report. A school that responds by discounting harder to hold headcount converts the same problem into a net-price one, and it does not show up here.

Revenue composition

Where the money comes from $9M total revenue · IPEDS FY2022-23

Government appropriations is the largest single source at 48% of revenue.

Government appropriations48.0%

Government grants & contracts26.2%

Tuition & fees20.1%

Other revenue2.2%

Private gifts & grants1.7%

Investment return1.0%

Auxiliary enterprises0.9%

Where each dollar of revenue comes from, as a share of total positive revenue. Sources are standardized across public (GASB) and private (FASB) reporting; a net investment loss in a down market is shown as 0% and excluded from the mix.

Net price by income

Average net price by family income After grant & scholarship aid · Scorecard 2024-25

$0–30K$6,638

$30–48K$7,948

$48–75K$10,641

$75–110K$13,654

$110K+$16,137

Average annual net price (total cost minus grant and scholarship aid) paid by federal-aid recipients in each family-income band. Lower-income bands often pay less where need-based aid is strong.

Financial Health

The bar under each rank is the spread across the peer group: the shaded box is the middle half, the pale line is their median, and the gold marker is this institution. Hover for the figures.

Net tuition revenue / FTECalculated from filings

Average

$3,563

56th percentile in peer grouppeer median $3,311

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

› steady

Instructional spend / FTECalculated from filings

Strong

$9,302

71st percentile in peer grouppeer median $7,620

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

▲ +9% choppy

In-state tuition & feesAs filed

$6,254

78th percentile in peer grouppeer median $4,791

context, not scored

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

▲ +15% steady

Out-of-state tuition & feesAs filed

$6,254

26th percentile in peer grouppeer median $7,261

context, not scored

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Avg annual cost of attendanceAs filed

$16,905

64th percentile in peer grouppeer median $15,813

context, not scored

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Avg monthly faculty salaryAs filed

Strong

$8,992

79th percentile in peer grouppeer median $6,968

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Average monthly salary of full-time faculty, as reported to IPEDS.

Average net priceAs filed

Average

$10,996

66th percentile in peer grouppeer median $9,253

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Net price, low-income families (under $30K)As filed

Strong

$6,638

33rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $8,069

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)68 peers

Average annual net price (cost of attendance minus all grant and scholarship aid) paid by students whose families earn under about $30,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2024-25). This is what the neediest admitted students actually pay, often far below the sticker price. Read it beside the overall net price and the high-income net price: a low figure here signals strong need-based aid. Lower is better.

Net price, high-income families (over $110K)As filed

$16,137

67th percentile in peer grouppeer median $14,815

context, not scored

2024-25 (Scorecard)56 peers

Average annual net price paid by students whose families earn more than about $110,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2024-25), close to the full-pay cost since little need-based aid applies. Reported as context: the gap between this and the low-income net price shows how steeply the school discounts by family income. Not a measure of quality.

Net price, middle-income families ($30K-$48K)As filed

Average

$7,948

48th percentile in peer grouppeer median $8,128

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)66 peers

Average annual net price (cost of attendance minus all grant and scholarship aid) paid by students whose families earn roughly $30,000 to $48,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2024-25). It is the middle rung of the income net-price ladder: read it together with the low-income (under ~$30K) and high-income (over ~$110K) net prices to see how steeply the school discounts as family income rises. Lower is better.

Net price, upper-middle families ($48K-$75K)As filed

Average

$10,641

62nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $9,620

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)67 peers

Average annual net price (cost of attendance minus all grant and scholarship aid) paid by students whose families earn roughly $48,000 to $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2024-25). It is the fourth rung of the five-rung income net-price ladder: read it with the low, middle, upper and high-income net prices to see how steeply the school discounts as family income rises. Lower is better.

Net price, upper-income families ($75K-$110K)As filed

Average

$13,654

65th percentile in peer grouppeer median $12,717

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)67 peers

Average annual net price (cost of attendance minus all grant and scholarship aid) paid by students whose families earn roughly $75,000 to $110,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2024-25). It is the fifth rung of the income net-price ladder, just below the full-pay tier: read it with the lower rungs and the high-income net price to see the full cost gradient by family income. Lower is better.

Operating marginCalculated from filings

Deficit

-10.1%

2nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 9.5%

higher is better

FY2022-2369 peers

Net surplus as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23): (total revenues − total expenses) ÷ total revenues. A surplus above 4% is strong; a thin surplus near 0% leaves little margin for shocks.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Tuition dependencyCalculated from filings

20.1%

63rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 16.4%

context, not scored

FY2022-2369 peers

Tuition & fees as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Higher = more exposed to enrollment swings.

State appropriations shareCalculated from filings

48%

89th percentile in peer grouppeer median 33.9%

context, not scored

FY2022-2369 peers

State appropriations as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Material for public institutions; ~0 for private.

Months of operating cushionCalculated from filings

Adequate

3.9 mo

50th percentile in peer grouppeer median 3.9 mo

higher is better

FY2022-2363 peers

How many months of operating expenses the institution could cover from expendable reserves (IPEDS FY2022-23 primary reserve ratio × 12). About 5 months, one semester, is the accreditor benchmark for solid footing; below ~3 months is thin. A negative figure means expendable reserves are themselves negative.

Reserves vs. debtCalculated from filings

Strong

6.86×

76th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1.72×

higher is better

FY2022-2347 peers

Expendable reserves ÷ plant-related debt (IPEDS FY2022-23 viability ratio). At or above 1.25×, reserves fully cover long-term debt. Shown blank when the institution carries little or no plant debt.

Return on net assetsCalculated from filings

Weak

-20.6%

2nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 6.4%

higher is better

FY2022-2361 peers

Change in total net assets ÷ net assets (IPEDS FY2022-23) – whether the institution grew wealthier over the year. 2–4% is adequate; above 4% is strong.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Avg Parent PLUS loanAs filed

$12,500

78th percentile in peer grouppeer median $9,628

context, not scored

AY2025-26 YTD (Federal Student Aid)44 peers

Average federal Parent PLUS loan per recipient (U.S. Dept. of Education, FSA Direct Loan Dashboard, AY2025-26 YTD). Parent PLUS faces new aggregate borrowing caps under the 2025 budget law; a high average shows how far families currently borrow above other federal aid. Companion to the Grad PLUS and Parent PLUS cap-gap signals. Context, not a quality measure. From the Federal Student Aid Direct Loan dashboard for award year 2025-26, year-to-date through Q2. A partial year, so it is not comparable with a full-year total.

Structural risk indexBlended index

Elevated

FY2022-23 (IPEDS) with WICHE 2024 projections

An indicative 0–100 structural-risk index (higher = more pressure), an equal-weight blend of the stress signals we measure: thin or negative operating margin, low months of operating cushion, high tuition dependency, and a shrinking home-state high-school-graduate pipeline (enrollment cliff). Averaged over whichever signals are available (at least two required). It screens for the financial and demographic pressures that precede closures and mergers, a directional indicator, NOT a prediction that any institution will close, and not a credit rating. Built from the FY2022-23 IPEDS finance filing, the most recent one published, combined with WICHE's high-school-graduate projections. The finance side is two to three years old, so a school that has since raised money, cut costs or lost enrollment will not be reflected here. It is a structural signal, not a current diagnosis, and it is not a prediction that any named institution will close.

Net-cost payback periodBlended index

Below peers

14.8 yrs

73rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 8.3 yrs

lower is better

2020-21 to 2024-25 (Scorecard)46 peers

Four-year net price divided by the median 10-year earnings premium over a typical high-school graduate in the institution's state (College Scorecard earnings and net price; U.S. Census Bureau ACS state baselines). A simple value-for-cost gauge: fewer years is stronger. Shown only where net price and earnings are both reported, where earnings exceed the state high-school baseline, and where the resulting period is inside a working lifetime (past about 40 years the figure is only reporting that the premium is near zero, so no number is shown); it ignores aid timing, debt and non-completion, so read it as a directional comparison, not a financial projection.

Enrollment loss before deficitModelled by Ibex

No cushion

13th percentile in peer grouppeer median 45.8%

higher is better

FY2022-2360 peers

The share of its students an institution could lose before its operating surplus becomes a deficit, assuming net tuition per student and total costs stay where they are. It comes straight from two figures in the same IPEDS finance filing: the operating margin, and tuition's share of total revenue. A school with a 3% surplus that funds 85% of itself from tuition can absorb about a 3.5% enrollment loss; the same 3% surplus at a school funding a quarter of itself from tuition absorbs about 12%. Zero means the institution is already running a deficit. It is not a prediction: no institution facing that loss would hold costs flat, and the number is the size of the hole that would have to be closed, not the outcome. Banded against the school's peer group. Higher is better.

Operating margin after a 10% enrollment lossModelled by Ibex

Into deficit

-12.4%

2nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 9%

higher is better

FY2022-2369 peers

The institution's operating margin recomputed after losing one student in ten, holding net tuition per student and total costs constant. Tuition revenue falls with the students; every other revenue line and the whole cost base stay put. A tenth is the scale of decline the demographic projections already put on several states' high-school graduating classes, so it is a scenario rather than a worst case. Not a forecast: a real institution would cut costs, and this measures the gap it would have to cut, not what it would end up reporting. Built from the operating margin and tuition dependency in the same IPEDS filing. Banded against the school's peer group. Higher is better.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Graduation & completion

Graduation rate · first-time, full-time

–

Not reported, this institution has no first-time, full-time bachelor's-degree cohort, so the graduation rate does not apply. See the all-students completion rate.

Completion rate · all students

43%

43% earned a degree or certificate within 8 years (IPEDS Outcome Measures)
The broader cohort, also counts part-time entrants and transfer-ins, and any credential. More inclusive, so it can run higher than the graduation rate.

Why two numbers? They measure different students over different windows, so they are not directly comparable. The graduation rate is the standard federal headline but tracks only first-time, full-time students through a bachelor's; the all-students completion rate adds the part-time and transfer students it leaves out, over a longer window. Read each for what it covers. Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Graduation Rates & Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard.

Enrollment & Pipeline

The bar under each rank is the spread across the peer group: the shaded box is the middle half, the pale line is their median, and the gold marker is this institution. Hover for the figures.

Undergraduate enrollmentAs filed

751

25th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1,504

context, not scored

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

▲ +15% choppy

First-year retentionAs filed

Strong

73.9%

89th percentile in peer grouppeer median 66.3%

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)57 peers

▲ +54% choppy

Graduation rate (150% of normal time)As filed

Strong

50%

68th percentile in peer grouppeer median 46.2%

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)57 peers

▲ +28% choppy

Share of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students who completed within 150% of the program's normal time (about three years for a two-year program), per College Scorecard. The two-year analogue of the six-year rate shown for four-year colleges.

Graduation rate (on-time)As filed

Strong

48.9%

85th percentile in peer grouppeer median 33.6%

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)57 peers

Share of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students who completed within the program's normal time (100%), per College Scorecard. Reported for two-year and less-than-two-year institutions.

Pell recipient shareAs filed

31.7%

74th percentile in peer grouppeer median 24.6%

context, not scored

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

▼ -9% steady · turning

Completion rate (all students · 8-yr)As filed

Average

43%

49th percentile in peer grouppeer median 43%

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Share of ALL entering degree-seeking undergraduates, full- and part-time, first-time and transfer-in, who earned a degree or certificate at this institution within eight years (IPEDS Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard). Broader and more inclusive than the graduation-rate figures, which count only first-time, full-time students entering a bachelor's program, so the two are measured on different groups of students and are not directly comparable.

First-generation studentsAs filed

27.4%

2nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 47.2%

context, not scored

2016-17 (Scorecard)70 peers

Share of undergraduates who are first-generation college students (College Scorecard, 2016-17). An access signal, not a measure of quality: a higher share often reflects a stronger commitment to serving students whose parents did not attend college. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file, built from aid-applicant records rather than the full student body, and not republished since.

Adult learners (25+)As filed

46.1%

96th percentile in peer grouppeer median 24.9%

context, not scored

2023-24 (Scorecard)70 peers

Share of undergraduates aged 25 or older (College Scorecard, 2023-24). Read as context on the student mix: schools serving many working adults look different on persistence and part-time measures than traditional-age campuses, and neither is inherently better. From the College Scorecard 2023-24 data file.

Part-time undergraduatesAs filed

58.6%

58th percentile in peer grouppeer median 54.5%

context, not scored

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Share of undergraduates enrolled part-time (College Scorecard, 2024-25). Context, not quality: a high part-time share is common at community and commuter institutions and affects graduation-rate comparisons, which are based only on full-time, first-time students.

Median family incomeAs filed

$32,000

79th percentile in peer grouppeer median $27,029

context, not scored

2016-17 (Scorecard)70 peers

Median family income of students at this institution (College Scorecard, 2016-17). An affordability and access signal, not a measure of quality: a lower figure typically means the school enrolls more students from modest-income families. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file, built from aid-applicant records rather than the full student body, and not republished since.

Low-income students (under $30K)As filed

45.4%

16th percentile in peer grouppeer median 53.1%

context, not scored

2016-17 (Scorecard)70 peers

Share of students whose families earn under roughly $30,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2016-17). A direct low-income access signal: a higher share usually reflects a school enrolling more students from modest-income households, and pairs naturally with the Pell recipient share. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file, built from aid-applicant records rather than the full student body, and not republished since.

Women (share of undergraduates)As filed

72.6%

89th percentile in peer grouppeer median 62.2%

context, not scored

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Share of undergraduates who are women (College Scorecard, 2024-25). Reported as context on the student mix, not a measure of quality.

Middle-income students ($30K-$75K)As filed

35.5%

84th percentile in peer grouppeer median 31.8%

context, not scored

2016-17 (Scorecard)65 peers

Share of students whose families earn roughly $30,000 to $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2016-17), the two middle income bands combined. Reported as context on the student mix: together with the low-income (under ~$30K) and upper-income (over ~$75K) shares it sketches the full family-income picture, and the three bands sum to about 100%. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file, built from aid-applicant records rather than the full student body, and not republished since.

Upper-income students (over $75K)As filed

19.1%

75th percentile in peer grouppeer median 15%

context, not scored

2016-17 (Scorecard)57 peers

Share of students whose families earn more than roughly $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2016-17), the two upper income bands combined. Reported as context on the student mix, not a measure of quality: together with the low-income (under ~$30K) and middle-income (~$30K-$75K) shares it sketches the full family-income picture, and the three bands sum to about 100%. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file, built from aid-applicant records rather than the full student body, and not republished since.

Program concentration (HHI)Calculated from filings

Highly concentrated

5,031

2022-23

How concentrated the institution's degree and certificate output is across academic fields (CIP 2-digit families), as a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index on the latest year's completions: 10,000 means every completion is in one field; lower means output is spread across many. A higher value means the school leans on fewer fields and is more exposed to demand shifts in them; a lower value reflects a broad program portfolio. Shown for institutions reporting at least 100 annual completions. A structural-diversification signal, not a measure of quality.

12-month FTE enrollmentAs filed

602

11th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1,592

context, not scored

2023-24 (IPEDS)70 peers

Full-time-equivalent enrollment over the full 12-month year (IPEDS 12-month enrollment, 2023-24). Counts part-time students at their fractional load, so it runs above fall full-time headcount and is the denominator used for per-student finance measures.

Student-faculty ratioAs filed

18:1

73rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 15:1

context, not scored

Fall 202370 peers

Students per instructional faculty member (IPEDS, fall 2023). Lower generally means smaller classes and more faculty contact, though the measure mixes undergraduate and graduate teaching and is institution-reported.

Fully online studentsAs filed

52%

92nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 24.5%

context, not scored

Fall 2023 (IPEDS)70 peers

Share of students enrolled exclusively in distance-education courses (IPEDS, Fall 2023). Describes delivery model, not quality; online-heavy institutions look different on residential measures.

Applicant-pool diversity shiftModelled by Ibex

+7.1 pts

WICHE 2024 (11th ed.)

Percentage-point change in the non-white share of the institution's home-state public high-school graduating class between the class of 2025 (the national peak) and 2037 (WICHE, Knocking at the College Door, 11th ed., public-school race detail). A forward look at who the future applicant pool will be: a positive value means the state's graduating class is projected to grow more racially diverse. Strategic recruiting context, not a forecast of any one school's enrollment, and a college recruits from many states.

Hybrid (some online) enrollmentAs filed

26%

64th percentile in peer grouppeer median 24%

context, not scored

Fall 202370 peers

Share of all students taking some, but not all, of their courses at a distance (IPEDS, Fall 2023). This is the hybrid middle ground between the fully online share and the fully in-person share, and it signals how far a school has moved coursework online without going exclusively remote. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Transfer-in share (undergraduate)As filed

21.2%

99th percentile in peer grouppeer median 5.3%

context, not scored

Fall 202370 peers

Transfer-in students as a share of all undergraduates (IPEDS, Fall 2023). A high share means the school depends on transfer pipelines rather than first-time freshmen, which changes both recruitment strategy and melt/retention risk. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Graduate share of enrollmentAs filed

Fall 2023

Graduate students as a share of total headcount enrollment (IPEDS, Fall 2023). It separates research-intensive universities with large graduate bodies from undergraduate-focused institutions. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Women share of facultyAs filed

69.8%

96th percentile in peer grouppeer median 55.9%

context, not scored

Fall 202369 peers

Women as a share of all instructional staff, full- and part-time combined (IPEDS Human Resources, Fall 2023). A gender-composition signal for the teaching workforce. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Faculty of color shareAs filed

4.7%

33rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 7.8%

context, not scored

Fall 202369 peers

Instructional staff who are American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or two-or-more races, as a share of all instructional staff (IPEDS Human Resources, Fall 2023). Nonresident and race-unknown staff are excluded from the numerator. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Direct competitors within 100 miCalculated from filings

Strong

14th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard universe)70 peers

How many institutions of the same type (same Carnegie classification and control, i.e. the schools competing for the same students) sit within roughly 100 miles. A higher count means a more crowded local market and a harder yield fight, which matters most as the regional pool of high school graduates shrinks; a low count means the school has its catchment largely to itself. Distance is straight-line from campus coordinates. Banded against the school's peer group. Fewer is better for recruiting leverage.

States recruited fromCalculated from filings

Average

55th percentile in peer grouppeer median 3

higher is better

Fall 202270 peers

How many distinct US states the school's first-time degree-seeking class is drawn from (IPEDS Residence & Migration, Fall 2022). A higher count signals broader geographic reach and less dependence on any single state's shrinking pool of high school graduates; a low count means the school recruits from a narrow region and is more exposed to that region's demographic decline. Banded against the school's peer group.

Foreign first-time shareAs filed

46th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0%

context, not scored

Fall 202270 peers

Share of the school's first-time degree-seeking class whose legal residence is outside the United States (IPEDS Residence & Migration, Fall 2022). A measure of international reach in the entering class. Neither high nor low is inherently better; it is context for tuition-revenue mix and exposure to visa and geopolitical risk. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Metro-area unemployment rateAs filed

Average

5.1%

64th percentile in peer grouppeer median 4.6%

lower is better

ACS 2019-2353 peers

The civilian unemployment rate in the school's metropolitan or micropolitan area (US Census ACS 2019-23, mapped by the school's federal CBSA code). It is a proxy for local labor demand: a lower rate means a tighter job market, a stronger near-term destination for graduates and a smaller pool of working adults to recruit. It describes the local economy, not the school. Schools outside any metro area are not scored. Banded against the school's peer group.

On-campus crime rateAs filed

Average

0 per 1k

36th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0 per 1k

lower is better

2024 (Clery)70 peers

Criminal offenses reported on campus in 2024 (murder, manslaughter, the four sex-offense categories, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor-vehicle theft and arson) per 1,000 students, from the school's federal Clery Act filing. Counts and enrollment are summed across the institution's campuses. A higher number does not always mean a more dangerous school: thorough reporting and dense residential campuses raise it. Lower is generally safer. Banded against the school's peer group.

Enrollment cliff (home state)External projection

Steep decline

-13.3%

WICHE 2024 (11th ed.) projection

Projected change in the number of high-school graduates in the institution's HOME STATE from the class of 2025 (the national peak) to 2041, per WICHE's Knocking at the College Door, 11th Edition (Dec 2024). The 'enrollment cliff' is the post-2008 birth decline reaching college age; the U.S. total is projected to fall about 13% over this window. A college recruits from many states, so its home-state projection is an indicative directional signal of feeder-market pressure, not a forecast of that institution's own enrollment. A projection, not a measurement: WICHE's state-level forecast of high-school graduates. It describes the pool a school recruits from, not the school's own enrollment.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Workforce Pell exposureModelled by Ibex

Certificate-intensive

43.4%

2024-25 (Scorecard completions)

Share of the institution's measured credentials that are undergraduate certificates, the sub-associate tier that the 2025 budget law's new Workforce Pell Grant makes Pell-eligible from July 1, 2026. Workforce Pell extends the Pell Grant to short-term workforce programs of 150 to 600 clock hours offered over 8 to 15 weeks, subject to state-workforce-board and accreditor approval and to job-placement, completion and earnings-value guardrails. This is an opportunity signal: a higher share means more of what the school already produces could draw new federal grant aid, and the upside is greatest where Pell reliance (shown separately) is also high. Computed as undergraduate-certificate completions divided by all credential completions in the College Scorecard Field-of-Study file (most recent release). Scorecard's 'Undergraduate Certificate' level spans certificates of varying length, so the statutory 150-600 clock-hour window is a subset of this tier, read this as an upper-bound exposure proxy, not a count of qualifying programs. Shown only for institutions that confer such certificates above a minimum completions floor.

Scholarly works publishedAs filed

41st percentile in peer grouppeer median 71

context, not scored

2024 (OpenAlex)53 peers

From OpenAlex, an open catalog of the world's scholarly works. Counts the institution's lifetime indexed research works (papers, datasets, books and other outputs). It separates research-intensive universities from teaching-focused peers and signals scholarly capacity; reported only where OpenAlex has a confident match to this school. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Research citationsAs filed

597

29th percentile in peer grouppeer median 908

context, not scored

2024 (OpenAlex)53 peers

From OpenAlex, an open catalog of the world's scholarly works. Counts the institution's lifetime indexed citations received by its scholarly works. It separates research-intensive universities from teaching-focused peers and signals scholarly capacity; reported only where OpenAlex has a confident match to this school. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Institutional h-indexAs filed

36th percentile in peer grouppeer median 15

context, not scored

2024 (OpenAlex)53 peers

From OpenAlex. The institution has an h-index of h when h of its works have each been cited at least h times: a single figure blending output and impact. Reported only where OpenAlex has a confident match. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against peers.

Wikipedia pageviews (monthly)As filed

208

9th percentile in peer grouppeer median 463

context, not scored

trailing 12 mo (Wikipedia)52 peers

Average monthly views of the institution's English-Wikipedia article over the trailing 12 months (Wikimedia REST API). A top-of-funnel public-attention proxy: how often people look the school up. Reported only where a matching Wikipedia article exists. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Year foundedAs filed

1965

43rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 1966

context, not scored

Wikidata36 peers

The year the institution was founded, from Wikidata (the structured-data sister project of Wikipedia). An establishment and legacy signal; reported only where Wikidata records a founding date for a matched institution. Context, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group, so an earlier year ranks as more established.

In-state HS graduatesExternal projection

67,216

40th percentile in peer grouppeer median 68,507

context, not scored

Class of 2025 (WICHE)70 peers

The size of the school's home-state high-school graduating class in 2025 (WICHE Knocking at the College Door, public and private combined). It is the near-term in-state feeder market, the complement to the enrollment-cliff projection, which shows the direction that market is heading. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Enrollment momentum (CAGR)Modelled by Ibex

Strong

1.7%

93rd percentile in peer grouppeer median -2.2%

higher is better

2016-17 to 2024-25 (Scorecard)69 peers

Compound annual growth rate of undergraduate enrollment over the years the tool tracks (College Scorecard, roughly 2016-2024). Positive means the school is growing; negative means it is shrinking, the leading indicator of demand stress ahead of the demographic cliff. Where the reported count jumps by a merger or a campus consolidation brought under one institution, only the years after that jump are measured, and where too little history follows it no rate is shown. A sharp fall is measured in full: a shrinking count is the signal this metric exists to carry, not an artifact to be cut away. No rate is shown where the enrolment never reaches 25 in the measured window: on a series that small one student is a double-digit annual rate, and a percentile computed from it would rank noise. Banded against the school's peer group. The window shown is the one this school's own figure was measured over: it is shorter where the series starts late, ends early, or is cut at a reporting change, so peers are not all measured over identical years.

Net-price momentum (CAGR)Modelled by Ibex

Strong

-0.1%

26th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2.6%

lower is better

2016-17 to 2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Compound annual growth rate of net tuition revenue per full-time-equivalent student over the tracked years. A high positive rate means the school's real net price is climbing faster than peers, which can strain affordability and yield. Banded against the school's peer group. Lower is better. The window shown is the one this school's own figure was measured over: it is shorter where the series starts late, ends early, or is cut at a reporting change, so peers are not all measured over identical years.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Enrollment forecast (5-yr)Modelled by Ibex

Average

-13.9%

62nd percentile in peer grouppeer median -17.6%

higher is better

2024-2029 projection69 peers

Projected cumulative change in degree-seeking undergraduate enrollment roughly five years out, modeled by a least-squares log-linear fit on the school's own undergraduate history (IPEDS fall headcount via College Scorecard, 2016-2024). It uses the full multi-year series, so a single shock year (such as 2020) does not drive the result. Where the reported count jumps by a merger or a campus consolidation brought under one institution, only the years after that jump are fitted; a sharp fall is fitted in full. This is a naive trend extrapolation, not a demographic model: where it projects a change beyond plus or minus 60 percent the fit is treated as out of range and no figure is shown. Banded against the school's peer group; higher means projected growth. The window shown is the one this school's own figure was measured over: it is shorter where the series starts late, ends early, or is cut at a reporting change, so peers are not all measured over identical years.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Share of home-state HS class enrolledExternal projection

0.1%

16th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.2%

context, not scored

Fall 2022 (IPEDS) enrollment / class-of-2025 WICHE projection70 peers

Of every 100 students graduating from high school in this institution's own state, how many enroll here as first-time undergraduates. It sizes the school's local market penetration, and it is the number that turns the demographic cliff into an enrollment figure: a state projected to lose 12% of its graduating class costs a school roughly 12% of whatever this share represents. Shown as context rather than scored: a high share means strong local pull and concentrated exposure to one state's pipeline, while a low share can mean weak local demand or a deliberately national recruiting strategy, and the data cannot tell those apart. First-time enrollment by home state is IPEDS residence and migration; the graduating-class size is the WICHE projection, so the two sides carry different dates and the card shows both. Not shown for schools with fewer than 20 first-time students from their own state. Two collections and two clocks: the students are counted in an IPEDS residence and migration collection, and the graduating class they are a share of is a WICHE projection for the class of 2025. Read it as the scale of the school's local market position, not as a figure accurate to the student.

Competing enrollment nearbyCalculated from filings

Strong

0.00×

14th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1.50×

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard universe)70 peers

For every undergraduate enrolled here, how many are enrolled at directly competing institutions (same Carnegie classification and control) within roughly 100 miles. It is the weight behind the competitor count on the neighbouring card: three tiny colleges nearby and one 40,000-student public are the same number of competitors and a completely different market. A value of 5x means the surrounding same-type market is five times this school's size, so a small shift in where those students choose to go moves this school's class far more than it moves theirs. Straight-line distance from campus coordinates, same 100-mile catchment as the competitor count. Banded against the school's peer group. Lower means more room to grow without taking students from a larger rival.

Consecutive years of enrollment declineModelled by Ibex

Not declining

0 yrs

38th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0 yrs

lower is better

2016-17 to 2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

The number of consecutive years, ending with the most recent one, in which this school's undergraduate headcount fell. Zero means the latest year was flat or up. A single down year is ordinary; three or more in a row is the pattern that precedes program cuts and closures, and it is visible in the federal data years before it becomes public. A fall smaller than 2% counts as flat, because year-to-year reporting noise at that scale would otherwise manufacture streaks. Measured on the same window as enrollment momentum: where a merger or consolidation makes the earlier years a different institution, only the years after it are counted. Banded against the school's peer group. Lower is better. The window shown is the one this school's own figure was measured over: it is shorter where the series starts late, ends early, or is cut at a reporting change, so peers are not all measured over identical years.

Where students come from

Feeder states 3 states and territories · Fall 2022

MN 95.2%WI 3.2%IL 1.6%

Home state of first-time degree-seeking undergraduates (IPEDS residence and migration). Each state is one square of equal size, arranged in the rough shape of the country, so a small state sending many students is as visible as a large one. The institution’s own state is shown in gold and every other state is shaded against the largest of them, not against the home state, which otherwise flattens the rest of the map. Shares are of the whole entering class, so they do not add to 100% where students came from abroad.

Completion by income and entry path

Where the Pell gap actually sits eight-year award rate · 2024-25

Entering group	Pell recipients	Not Pell	Gap
All entering studentsEveryone who enrolled as a degree-seeking undergraduate, however they arrived.	41%n=182	45%n=181	+4.6 pts
Entered as first-timeStudents with no prior college enrollment.	41%n=88	43%n=72	+2.1 pts
Entered with prior collegeTransfer-in and returning students.	40%n=94	47%n=109	+6.4 pts

Federal Outcome Measures: the share of entering degree-seeking undergraduates who had earned an award eight years later, counting part-time students and transfers that the headline graduation rate leaves out. A positive gap means Pell recipients finished less often. Rates are shown only where at least 30 students entered on that side, because a rate over a handful of students is arithmetic rather than a measurement, so a row can be blank on one side. Race crossed with Pell is not published by any federal collection and is deliberately not estimated here.

Student body

Undergraduate race & ethnicity IPEDS 2024-25

White58.6%

Black16.9%

American Indian/Alaska Native11.3%

Two or more races6.0%

Hispanic/Latino4.4%

Asian1.5%

International0.7%

Unknown0.7%

Undergraduate enrollment by race and ethnicity, as reported to IPEDS (College Scorecard). “International” denotes nonresident students; “Unknown” means race/ethnicity was not reported.

Student Outcomes & Risk

The bar under each rank is the spread across the peer group: the shaded box is the middle half, the pale line is their median, and the gold marker is this institution. Hover for the figures.

Median earnings (10 yr)As filed

Strong

$42,930

69th percentile in peer grouppeer median $39,794

higher is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)70 peers

Taken from the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the most recent release in which the Department published this element; it is null in every release since. Earnings are measured in a single tax year for a cohort that first enrolled about a decade earlier, so this describes students who entered well before 2020.

Median debt at graduationAs filed

Below peers

$15,000

87th percentile in peer grouppeer median $10,500

lower is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)59 peers

▲ +25% steady

From the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the last release carrying it. Median debt pools the borrowers who left in that award year and the one before it.

3-yr cohort default rateAs filed

Strong

11.2%

25th percentile in peer grouppeer median 13.3%

lower is better

FY2017 cohort65 peers

Share of borrowers who defaulted within three years of entering repayment (U.S. Dept. of Education official cohort default rate). Shown for the FY2017 borrower cohort, the most recent cohort whose full three-year default window closed before the 2020-23 federal student-loan payment pause. More recent cohorts are reported by the College Scorecard at essentially 0%, but that reflects the payment pause (no payments were due, so almost no one could default), not borrower health, so the pre-pause cohort is the last meaningful reading. Lower is better.

Share taking federal loansAs filed

33.1%

95th percentile in peer grouppeer median 11.8%

context, not scored

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Full-time faculty shareAs filed

Average

42.6%

37th percentile in peer grouppeer median 47.8%

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)69 peers

Debt-to-earnings ratioCalculated from filings

Below peers

0.35×

83rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.25×

lower is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)59 peers

Both sides of this ratio come from the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the last release carrying either. It is co-vintage, but it is not current.

Loan repayment rate (3-yr)As filed

Strong

51.2%

79th percentile in peer grouppeer median 45.9%

higher is better

2016-17 (Scorecard)65 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within three years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, 2016-17). Read it as context, not a simple good/bad score: a low rate can mean borrowers are struggling, but it can also mean many graduates have postponed payments while enrolled in graduate or professional school, which is common at selective schools and pushes their rate down. Unlike the cohort default rate, it is not distorted by the 2020-23 federal payment pause. Reported only where enough borrowers exist. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file. The Department has not published repayment rates since, so this is the most recent figure that exists, not a recent one: it follows borrowers who entered repayment in the early 2010s.

Earn more than a HS grad (6-yr)Calculated from filings

Strong

52.7%

67th percentile in peer grouppeer median 47.6%

higher is better

2014-15 (Scorecard)68 peers

Share of students earning more than $28,000 a year, roughly what a typical high-school graduate earns, six years after entering this institution (College Scorecard, 2014-15). A direct read on whether attending beats not attending, and conceptually aligned with the 2025 budget law's program-level earnings-premium test. Share of former students earning more than $28,000, the Department's benchmark for the median earnings of a high-school graduate. From the College Scorecard 2014-15 data file, the last release carrying it; the threshold is not inflation-adjusted.

Working 10 years after entryAs filed

Average

84%

48th percentile in peer grouppeer median 84.1%

higher is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)70 peers

Share of students who are working (not still enrolled) ten years after entering this institution, of those whose employment status is known (College Scorecard, 2020-21). A coarse employment signal; it does not capture earnings level or job quality. Taken from the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the most recent release in which the Department published this element; it is null in every release since. Earnings are measured in a single tax year for a cohort that first enrolled about a decade earlier, so this describes students who entered well before 2020.

Withdrew by year 2As filed

Strong

41.8%

26th percentile in peer grouppeer median 47%

lower is better

2019-20 (Scorecard)70 peers

Share of students who had withdrawn from this institution by the end of their second year (College Scorecard, 2019-20). An early-attrition signal, where lower is better; high part-time or adult-learner enrollment can raise it without reflecting institutional quality. From the College Scorecard 2019-20 data file, the last release carrying it.

Loan repayment rate (5-yr)As filed

Average

53.8%

59th percentile in peer grouppeer median 50.4%

higher is better

2016-17 (Scorecard)60 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within five years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, 2016-17), a longer-horizon companion to the three-year repayment rate. As with the three-year figure, a low rate can reflect graduates deferring payments while in further schooling rather than financial distress. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file. The Department has not published repayment rates since, so this is the most recent figure that exists, not a recent one: it follows borrowers who entered repayment in the early 2010s.

Median earnings (6 yr)As filed

Strong

$41,389

82nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $36,003

higher is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)70 peers

Median earnings of former students who are working and were federally aided, measured six years after they first enrolled (College Scorecard, 2020-21). A shorter-horizon companion to the ten-year earnings figure; early-career pay tends to run below the ten-year mark, so read the two together rather than in isolation. From the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the last release carrying it. Earnings measured about six years after entry, so the cohort behind it entered in the mid-2010s.

Earn more than a HS grad (10-yr)Calculated from filings

Average

60.5%

63rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 56.3%

higher is better

2014-15 (Scorecard)66 peers

Share of students earning more than $28,000 a year, roughly what a typical high-school graduate earns, ten years after entering this institution (College Scorecard, 2014-15). The long-horizon companion to the six-year figure and the closest public analogue to the 2025 budget law's program-level earnings-premium test. Share of former students earning more than $28,000, the Department's benchmark for the median earnings of a high-school graduate. From the College Scorecard 2014-15 data file, the last release carrying it; the threshold is not inflation-adjusted.

Median debt (did not complete)As filed

Average

$5,500

48th percentile in peer grouppeer median $5,500

lower is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)61 peers

Median federal loan debt carried by students who withdrew from this institution without completing a credential (College Scorecard, 2020-21). The counterpart to debt at graduation, and often the higher-risk group: borrowing with no degree to show for it. Lower is better, but compare it against the school's completion and withdrawal rates rather than on its own. From the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the last release carrying it. Median debt pools the borrowers who left in that award year and the one before it.

Loan repayment rate (1-yr)As filed

Strong

45.6%

67th percentile in peer grouppeer median 41.3%

higher is better

2014-15 (Scorecard)65 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within one year of entering repayment (College Scorecard, 2014-15), the earliest point on the repayment curve. As with the longer-horizon rates, a low figure can reflect borrowers deferring payments while in further schooling rather than financial distress. From the College Scorecard 2014-15 data file, the last release carrying the one-year repayment rate. A decade old, and shown because no newer federal figure exists.

Loan repayment rate (7-yr)As filed

Average

55.8%

47th percentile in peer grouppeer median 57.8%

higher is better

2016-17 (Scorecard)58 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within seven years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, 2016-17), the longest horizon reported. Together with the one-, three-, and five-year rates it traces how repayment progresses over time. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file. The Department has not published repayment rates since, so this is the most recent figure that exists, not a recent one: it follows borrowers who entered repayment in the early 2010s.

Median debt (first-generation students)As filed

Below peers

$9,500

86th percentile in peer grouppeer median $7,047

lower is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)60 peers

Median cumulative federal loan debt carried by first-generation students, those whose parents did not complete college (College Scorecard, 2020-21). Read it beside the all-students median debt: a gap between the two is an equity signal about who shoulders the borrowing. Lower is better, but weigh it against completion and earnings. From the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the last release carrying it. Median debt pools the borrowers who left in that award year and the one before it.

Median debt (Pell recipients)As filed

Below peers

$10,961

91st percentile in peer grouppeer median $7,500

lower is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)59 peers

Median cumulative federal loan debt carried by Pell Grant recipients (College Scorecard, 2020-21), the lowest-income federally-aided students at the school. Compare it with the all-students median debt and the Pell share: it shows how much the neediest students borrow to attend. Lower is better. From the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the last release carrying it. Median debt pools the borrowers who left in that award year and the one before it.

Loan repayment rate, completers (3-yr)As filed

Average

64%

53rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 61.9%

higher is better

2016-17 (Scorecard)61 peers

Three-year loan repayment rate among borrowers who completed their program (College Scorecard, 2016-17): the share who, three years after entering repayment, are not in default and have paid down at least a dollar of principal. Read it beside the all-borrower loan repayment rate and the non-completer rate: completers almost always repay at higher rates, so a low figure here is a strong warning sign. Higher is better. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file. The Department has not published repayment rates since, so this is the most recent figure that exists, not a recent one: it follows borrowers who entered repayment in the early 2010s.

Loan repayment rate, non-completers (3-yr)As filed

Strong

40.2%

66th percentile in peer grouppeer median 39.1%

higher is better

2016-17 (Scorecard)61 peers

Three-year loan repayment rate among borrowers who left WITHOUT completing (College Scorecard, 2016-17), the group at the highest risk of default since they carry debt without the credential. Pair it with the non-completer median debt: together they show how heavily a school's dropouts are burdened. Higher is better. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file. The Department has not published repayment rates since, so this is the most recent figure that exists, not a recent one: it follows borrowers who entered repayment in the early 2010s.

Median earnings, low-income students (10-yr)As filed

Average

$37,918

60th percentile in peer grouppeer median $36,876

higher is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)54 peers

Median earnings ten years after entering, measured only for students who came from the lowest family-income tier, under about $30,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2020-21). Read it beside the overall median earnings: a school whose low-income students go on to earn near the all-student figure is delivering real upward mobility, while a large gap signals the payoff is not reaching its neediest students. Higher is better. Taken from the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the most recent release in which the Department published this element; it is null in every release since. Earnings are measured in a single tax year for a cohort that first enrolled about a decade earlier, so this describes students who entered well before 2020.

Median earnings, middle-income students (10-yr)As filed

Average

$48,235

60th percentile in peer grouppeer median $46,434

higher is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)54 peers

Median earnings ten years after entering, measured only for students from middle-income families, roughly $30,000 to $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2020-21). It is the middle rung of the earnings-by-family-income ladder: read it beside the low-income (under ~$30K) and high-income (over ~$75K) figures to see whether the school's payoff is even across backgrounds or tracks who students were when they arrived. Higher is better. Taken from the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the most recent release in which the Department published this element; it is null in every release since. Earnings are measured in a single tax year for a cohort that first enrolled about a decade earlier, so this describes students who entered well before 2020.

Median earnings, high-income students (10-yr)As filed

Strong

$53,734

71st percentile in peer grouppeer median $49,612

higher is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)54 peers

Median earnings ten years after entering, measured only for students from higher-income families, over about $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, 2020-21). It is the top rung of the earnings-by-family-income ladder: the gap between this and the low-income figure shows how much the school's earnings payoff depends on family background. A narrow gap signals strong upward mobility. Higher is better. Taken from the College Scorecard 2020-21 data file, the most recent release in which the Department published this element; it is null in every release since. Earnings are measured in a single tax year for a cohort that first enrolled about a decade earlier, so this describes students who entered well before 2020.

Field-demand outlook (10-yr)External projection

Outpaces job-market average

+5.5 pts

72nd percentile nationallynational median +4.7 pts

higher is better

BLS EP 2024-34

Projected 10-year (2024-34) change in U.S. employment for the occupations this institution's degrees and certificates feed, blended across its program mix. Built by mapping each CIP 2-digit field to its occupations via the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk, taking the employment-weighted average of each occupation's BLS-projected percent change, then weighting fields by the institution's latest-year completions. The U.S. all-occupations benchmark is 3.1%, so a higher value means the school's graduates concentrate in faster-growing labor markets. An INDICATIVE field-level signal at broad-field granularity, not a program-specific or graduate-specific projection, and not a placement or earnings guarantee. Shown where at least 50% of completions fall in fields with a coherent occupational mapping and the school reports 100+ annual completions.

Completions in growing fieldsExternal projection

Mostly growth fields

91%

72nd percentile nationallynational median 67.9%

higher is better

BLS EP 2024-34

The share of this institution's yearly completions that are in broad fields whose occupations the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects will grow FASTER than the all-occupations average of 3.1% over 2024-34. It answers a different question from the field-demand outlook beside it: that one averages the whole program mix into a single rate, which lets a fast-growing half cancel out a shrinking half. This says how much of the graduating class is on the growing side. The denominator is completions in fields with a coherent occupational mapping, not all completions, because three broad fields map to essentially the whole economy and carry no signal; the share of completions that could be classified at all is shown in the field-mix breakdown. Ranked against every institution in the file rather than against the peer group: what a program mix is worth is set by the national labour market, not by whichever schools happen to share a Carnegie class. An indicative field-level signal, not a placement rate.

Return on credentialCalculated from filings

Average

0.63×

41st percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.66×

higher is better

2020-21 to 2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

Median 10-year earnings divided by the four-year cost of attendance (average annual cost × 4). A rough payback ratio: 1.0× means a graduate's annual 10-year earnings roughly equal the full four-year sticker cost. Earnings reflect federally-aided students; cost of attendance is the published sticker price before aid, so this is conservative relative to what families net of aid pay.

Net-value indexBlended index

Average

46.0

42nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 49.5

higher is better

2020-21 to 2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

A 0-100 composite of student value relative to the peer group: the average of peer percentile ranks for median earnings ten years out, graduation rate, net price (lower counts as better value) and median debt (lower is better). Built only where at least two components are reported. Higher means more outcome per dollar. Banded against the school's peer group.

Pell completion gap (all entrants)Calculated from filings

Average

+4.6 pts

45th percentile in peer grouppeer median +5 pts

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)70 peers

The eight-year award rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant minus the rate of those who did, measured over every entering degree-seeking undergraduate: part-time students and transfers included. A larger positive number means lower-income students finish less often. This is a different measurement from the Pell completion gap beside it, not a correction of it: that one uses the six-year rate for students who arrived first-time AND full-time, which at many open-access institutions is under a fifth of everyone who enrolls. Both are the school's own federal reporting, over different cohorts and different clocks, and the completion cross-tab shows where the gap actually sits. Banded against the school's peer group. Smaller is better. Shown only where at least 30 students entered on each side, because a rate over a handful of students is arithmetic rather than a measurement.

Loan payment vs earningsCalculated from filings

Manageable

4.7%

84th percentile in peer grouppeer median 3.4%

lower is better

2020-21 (Scorecard)59 peers

What this school's median federal student debt would cost to repay each month on the ten-year Standard Repayment Plan, divided by the median graduate's monthly earnings ten years after entering. Both figures are the school's own reported medians from the same College Scorecard file year, so the ratio compares like with like, but they describe different people: the typical borrower and the typical earner are not necessarily the same student. The payment is calculated at the current published undergraduate Direct Loan interest rate (6.39% for 2025-26), not at the rates the debt was originally borrowed at, so it answers what the debt would cost a student starting now. Payments above roughly 8% of gross income are the widely used threshold for strain, and above 15% the standard plan is usually unaffordable without an income-driven alternative. Banded against the school's peer group. Lower is better.

Program mix vs the job market

Where this year’s graduates are heading 203 completions · BLS EP 2024-34

89% of completions are in fields projected to grow faster than the job market as a whole.

Faster than average89.2%

Growing, but slower8.9%

No coherent occupation mapping2.0%

Each completion is placed by the broad field of its program, then by whether that field’s occupations are projected to grow faster than the all-occupations average, grow more slowly, or decline. Three broad fields map to essentially the whole economy and carry no field signal, so their completions are shown separately as unclassified rather than being counted either way. The “Completions in growing fields” figure above is 91.0% because it is measured against the 98% of completions that could be classified at all, not against all 203. Field-level and indicative: it describes the labour markets a program mix feeds, not what any individual graduate does.

Earnings spread

Earnings 10 years after entry: the middle 50% Working, federally-aided former students · Scorecard 2024-25

25th percentile$23,385

Median$42,930

75th percentile$61,335

Annual earnings of working former students measured ten years after they first enrolled (College Scorecard), shown as a range rather than a single number. The middle half of this school’s graduates earn between the 25th- and 75th-percentile figures; the Median bar matches the headline earnings figure. A wider gap means more variation in how graduates fare. Bars are scaled to the highest value shown.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure on this page carries one of these labels. They are not degrees of confidence: a projection is not a worse number than a filing, it is a different kind of claim, and the distinction is invisible when both are set in the same grey card.

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Blended indexA blend of several other measures on this page, combined by Ibex. The components and how they are weighted are listed in this metric's description. Reasonable people could weight them differently and get a different score.

Modelled by IbexFitted or extrapolated by Ibex from the institution's reported history. This number appears in no federal file: it is a summary of a trend, and it inherits every irregularity in the years it was fitted through.

External projectionBuilt on an external projection about the future, published by a research body rather than measured. Projections are revised as the underlying assumptions change, and this one describes a scenario, not a fact.

Top fields of study (all levels)

Northwest Technical College’s largest fields by completions, with graduate earnings (4 years out) and debt benchmarked against the same field at its peer group. Sparklines show the 8-year completions trend.

Field	Completions / yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs out	Median debt	Earnings premium	Risk score
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences	90	$80,193 78th pct · 56 peers	$16,489 71st pct · 53 peers	Above benchmark +101%	Low · 29
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences	48	$46,740 25th pct · 50 peers	$10,286 63rd pct · 45 peers	Above benchmark +17%	Moderate · 59
Construction Trades	25	–	–	–	High · 100
Construction Trades	13	–	–	–	Low · 0
Business, Management & Marketing	7	–	–	–	High · 100
Business, Management & Marketing	7	–	–	–	High · 100
Family & Consumer Sciences	4	–	–	–	Moderate · 50
Mechanic & Repair Technologies	4	–	$11,000 74th pct · 21 peers	–	Moderate · 66
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	4	–	–	–	–
Engineering Technologies	1	–	–	–	High · 100

All 2 top fields shown clear the MN state earnings-premium benchmark (indicative).

Earnings-premium status is an indicative estimate: median graduate earnings four years out vs the MN state median earnings of a high-school graduate (undergraduate credentials) or a bachelor’s-degree holder (graduate credentials) from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2022 ACS 5-year). The official U.S. Department of Education determination uses its own cohort definition and may differ.

The risk score (0–100) is an indicative blend of earnings-premium margin and the five-year completions trend, higher means a field pays closer to (or below) the benchmark and is shrinking. A directional screen, not an official determination.

Major-level detail (CIP 4-digit)

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences – 4 CIP programs (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCIP 5138 ›	74	$80,193 n=76	–	92.7% 5yr	$16,637	0.21×	Above benchmark +101%	Clears all 2 yrs
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCIP 5106 ›	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCIP 5100 ›	4	–	–	–	$13,750	–	–	–
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCIP 5107 ›	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 1 of 4 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences – 4 CIP programs (4-digit), 3 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCIP 5115 ›	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCIP 5107 ›	13	$44,685 n=21	–	77.3% 5yr	$10,891	0.24×	Above benchmark +12%	Below benchmark 1 of 2 yrs
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCIP 5139 ›	10	$50,823 n=18	–	71.1% 5yr	$9,500	0.19×	Above benchmark +27%	Below benchmark 1 of 2 yrs
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCIP 5106 ›	7	$44,723 n=16	–	–	–	–	Above benchmark +12%	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 3 of 4 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Construction Trades – 2 CIP programs (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCIP 4603 ›	15	–	–	90% 1yr	–	–	–	–
Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCIP 4605 ›	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 0 of 2 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Construction Trades – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCIP 4603 ›	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 0 of 1 major shows an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Business, Management & Marketing – 4 CIP programs (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Human Resources Management and ServicesCIP 5210 ›	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Accounting and Related ServicesCIP 5203 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCIP 5207 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCIP 5218 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 0 of 4 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Business, Management & Marketing – 3 CIP programs (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Business Administration, Management and OperationsCIP 5202 ›	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCIP 5204 ›	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Business/Commerce, GeneralCIP 5201 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 0 of 3 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Family & Consumer Sciences – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCIP 1907 ›	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Mechanic & Repair Technologies – 2 CIP programs (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)CIP 4702 ›	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCIP 4706 ›	2	–	–	84.2% 5yr	$11,000	–	–	–

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
GerontologyCIP 3011	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Engineering Technologies – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCIP 1506 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

See the interactive dashboard for all fields and credential levels (associate through doctoral). Source: College Scorecard Field of Study.

Frequently asked

How financially healthy is Northwest Technical College?

On the NACUBO Composite Financial Index, the −4 to 10 balance-sheet score accreditors and institutional boards use – Northwest Technical College scores 3.1 (Stable), computed from its IPEDS FY2022-23 finances. This is informational benchmarking, not a credit rating.

What is Northwest Technical College's student-faculty ratio?

Northwest Technical College reports a student-faculty ratio of 18:1 (IPEDS, fall 2023) – that is, about 18 students for every instructional faculty member.

How much does Northwest Technical College cost?

The average published cost of attendance is $16,905 and the average net price after aid is $10,996 (College Scorecard).

How much do Northwest Technical College graduates earn?

Median earnings ten years after entry are $42,930 (College Scorecard), measured across students who received federal aid.

Are Northwest Technical College's programs at risk under the federal earnings-premium test?

Indicatively, at Northwest Technical College, all 2 of the largest fields with available earnings data clear the MN state earnings-premium benchmark used by the 2025 federal test (effective July 1, 2026) – median graduate earnings (four years out) exceed those of a typical worker without the credential. This is an estimate using College Scorecard earnings vs ACS medians; the official Department of Education determination may differ.

Which schools are Northwest Technical College's peers?

Northwest Technical College is benchmarked against 70 institutions in the Associate's: High Career-Technical-High Nontraditional · Public peer group; all percentiles and medians on this page are computed within that group.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent releases), with the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Employment Projections, field-demand outlook) and WICHE (enrollment-cliff projections). Figures lag the current academic year by roughly two to three years. Percentiles and medians are computed within the institution's peer group. Financial Resilience is a transparent composite, see each component above. Compiled by Ibex Insights.