Private for-profit · Community college

North-West College-Glendale

Glendale, California · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate: $35,763
Avg net price: 63%
Grad / completion: $37,542
Median earnings

North-West College-Glendale is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Glendale, California (midsize city setting), enrolling 71 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 71 undergradsMidsize cityNear the coast

About Glendale, California

Glendale is a city located primarily in the Verdugo Mountains region, with a small portion in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, in the U.S. state of California. Villages in the Glendale–La Crescenta-Montrose area included Ashwaangna, Hahamongna, Maungna, Tujunga and Wiqanga. Influenced by the city's immigrant history, Glendale's food culture includes a wide selection of international cuisines, including Filipino cuisine and Armenian cuisine and also Iranian cuisine. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 7 miles to Los Angeles, CA
To the ocean: 17 miles
Nearest airport: 7 miles to Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR) · major hub

How North-West College-Glendale compares

Graduation rate63%

Higher than 52% · #207 of 382 in California

First-year retention80%

Higher than 64%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$37,542

Higher than 59% · #187 of 326 in California

Average net price$35,763

Cheaper than 3% · #353 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio38 : 1

Lower than 2%

Undergraduate enrollment71

Larger than 20%

Percentiles compare North-West College-Glendale with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in California.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women6085%
Men1115%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White30%
Black8.5%
Hispanic41%
Asian8.5%
Other or multiracial13%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 71
Student–faculty ratio: 38 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 50%
First-generation students: 62%
Students over 25: 54%
Median family income: $17,562

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $35,763

Outcomes

Graduated: 63%
First-year retention: 80%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $33,145
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $37,542
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 52%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 45%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

63%

Low-income (Pell)

67%

First-generation

69%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $100

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$35,434

$30–48k

$35,967

$48–75k

$38,535

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

North-West College-Glendale funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $37,542
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: 36%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$35,715

Men

$45,864

Men out-earn women by $10,149 (28%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 88°F
Winter low: 42°F
Annual rain: 16.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Burbank Valley Pump Plt, CA US station (5.9 mi from campus).

What North-West College-Glendale graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

58 grads$30k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$10k debt

58$30,358$32,632$9,500 Health and Medical Administrative Services

11 grads$32k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$10k debt

11$32,292$34,829$9,500 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

8 grads$22k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$10k debt

8$21,748$27,533$9,500

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.