Northwest College-Eugene
For-profit College in Springfield, OR. Six-year graduation rate 68%. 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. The six-year graduation rate of 68% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. 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
68% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 75% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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. This is a small school — 329 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 329 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,798 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. 48% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 210 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 | $23,798 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 158 of these 329 students, totalling $1,153,169 — an average of $7,299 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lane County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026