Colorado Northwestern
Community College
Public Community College in Rangely, CO. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $43,526.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $43,526 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 34% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 34% graduate within six years. With 32% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 1,256 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 500 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,891 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $8,832 while those at $110k+ pay $18,579. Grant aid reaches 75% of students at an average of $7,778. Federal borrowing reaches 35% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 117 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $8,832 |
| $30–48k | $5,246 |
| $48–75k | $11,418 |
| $75–110k | $17,436 |
| $110k+ | $18,579 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 173 of these 500 students, totalling $1,092,923 — an average of $6,317 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rio Blanco County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026