Northwest University-Center
for Online and Extended Education
Private College in Kirkland, WA. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $54,914.
Ten years after entry, the median Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education student earns $54,914 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 44% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,891, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 44% finish inside six years. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. A 27:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body is just 1,187, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 477 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $34,897 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Income makes less difference than usual: $34,739 at $0–30k, $40,245 at $110k+. 60% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,656 — common but not automatic. 60% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 33 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 | $34,739 |
| $30–48k | $29,036 |
| $48–75k | $33,605 |
| $75–110k | $38,666 |
| $110k+ | $40,245 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 285 of these 477 students, totalling $2,000,365 — an average of $7,019 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (King County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026