Northwest School
of Wooden Boat Building
Private College in Port Hadlock, WA. Six-year graduation rate 90%.
- ✓ Graduation rate 90% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 90% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 86%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 7:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. This is a small school — 43 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 43 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $32,747 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($31,328 versus $32,601), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 70% get grants averaging $9,761, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 37% 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 · 7 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 | $31,328 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $34,850 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $32,601 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 16 of these 43 students, totalling $124,997 — an average of $7,812 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jefferson 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)