Northwest Iowa Community College Business Programs

Located in Sheldon, Iowa, Northwest Iowa Community College is a public institution. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

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

Northwest Iowa Community 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 Iowa Community 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 Northwest Iowa Community College, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $6,013 a year. That adds up to $24,052 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Northwest Iowa Community College is 2.8%. 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 1,666 undergraduate students at Northwest Iowa Community College, with 604 being full-time and 1,062 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

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

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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

In 2019-2020, 1,134 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 13th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

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 #1,283 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%.

Northwest Iowa Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Accounting	2	12	14
General Business Administration and Management	6	4	10
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	1	1	2
TOTAL	9	17	26

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.