Northwest Career College
For-profit Community College in Las Vegas, NV. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $27,530.
Ten-year median earnings of $27,530 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 68% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 68% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. At 47:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate population is 3,659 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,659 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $16,576 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,077 at $0–30k against $21,826 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 82% get grants averaging $8,343, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 75% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 1,905 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 | $16,077 |
| $30–48k | $16,155 |
| $48–75k | $17,342 |
| $75–110k | $20,282 |
| $110k+ | $21,826 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,750 of these 3,659 students, totalling $21,957,852 — an average of $7,985 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clark County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)