Northwest College-Clackamas
For-profit College in Happy Valley, OR. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $24,421.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $24,421, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 61%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,564 — 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
61% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 60% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. At 7:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 73 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 73 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $18,488 annually once grants are applied. About 60% get grants averaging $5,727, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 59% 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 · 41 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 | $18,488 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 43 of these 73 students, totalling $291,469 — an average of $6,778 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clackamas 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)