Northwest Florida State College Business Programs

Northwest Florida State College is a public institution situated in Niceville, Florida. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of NWFSC.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards NWFSC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#158	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#166	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Northwest Florida State College?

Contact details for NWFSC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 College Boulevard, Niceville, FL 32578-1295
Phone:	850-678-5111
Website:	www.nwfsc.edu/

How Do I Get Into NWFSC?

You can apply to NWFSC online at: https://ps-ssb.nwfsc.edu/PROD/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon

Northwest Florida State College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Northwest Florida State College?

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 NWFSC, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $5,208 a year. That adds up to $20,832 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NWFSC is 10.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Northwest Florida State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,004 undergraduate students at NWFSC, with 2,233 being full-time and 2,771 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,233 full-time undergraduates at NWFSC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northwest Florida State College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	58
Black or African American	174
Hispanic or Latino	226
White	1,371
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	381

Geographic Diversity

Florida students aren't the only ones who study at Northwest Florida State College. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 14 countries are represented at NWFSC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are France, Thailand, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Northwest Florida State College

In 2019-2020, 3,897 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NWFSC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 55th most popular in Florida for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of NWFSC

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Northwest Florida State College was $3,133 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $11,940. The following table shows how NWFSC is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Interior Design Management	#16	#36
Business Administration & Management	#19	#111

Online Growth Rankings of NWFSC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northwest Florida State College was 31.6%. This is the #741 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NWFSC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at NWFSC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at NWFSC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Interior Design Management	#56

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%.

Northwest Florida State College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Interior Design Management	0	0	0	51	51
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	0	0	0	22	22
General Business Administration and Management	0	9	0	0	9
Entrepreneurship	7	0	0	0	7
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	5	1	0	0	6
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	6	0	0	0	6
Restaurant/Food Services Management	4	0	2	0	6
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	4	0	0	4
Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management	3	0	0	0	3
Customer Service Management	0	0	0	0	0
Office Administration	0	0	0	0	0
Operations Management	0	0	0	0	0
Business & Office Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Small Business Administration/Management	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	25	14	2	73	114

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.