Private for-profit · Community college

North-West College-Long Beach

Long Beach, California · Large city

0%
Transfer rate
$33,503
Avg net price
58%
Grad / completion
$39,876
Median earnings

North-West College-Long Beach is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Long Beach, California (large city setting), enrolling 652 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 652 undergradsLarge cityNear the coast

About Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. By the 16th-century arrival of Spanish explorers, the dominant group was the Tongva, who had established at least three major settlements within the present-day city. The Long Beach Museum of Art, sited in the historic Elizabeth Milbank Anderson residence, is owned by the City of Long Beach, and operated by the Long Beach Museum of Art Foundation. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
3 miles
Nearest airport
1 mile to Long Beach (LGB) · major hub

How North-West College-Long Beach compares

Graduation rate58%

Higher than 46% · #234 of 382 in California

First-year retention75%

Higher than 55%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,876

Higher than 68% · #138 of 326 in California

Average net price$33,503

Cheaper than 5% · #346 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio36 : 1

Lower than 2%

Undergraduate enrollment652

Larger than 67%

Percentiles compare North-West College-Long Beach 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

652undergrads
  • Women56887%
  • Men8413%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White10%
  • Black17%
  • Hispanic59%
  • Asian6.1%
  • Other or multiracial8.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
652
Student–faculty ratio
36 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
64%
First-generation students
59%
Students over 25
51%
Median family income
$17,691
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$67,392

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
$33,503

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
58%
First-year retention
75%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$36,175
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$39,876
Median debt at graduation
$9,500
Students with federal loans
80%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
58%
Low-income (Pell)
67%
First-generation
68%

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

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
1.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (652 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$32,958
$30–48k
$33,691
$48–75k
$34,737
$75–110k
$35,381
$110k+
$36,184

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-Long Beach 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)
$39,876
Typical debt at graduation
$9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
24%
Out-earn a HS grad
42%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 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
$38,721
Men
$45,267

Men out-earn women by $6,546 (17%) 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
83°F
Winter low
47°F
Annual rain
12″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.53.0JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Long Beach Daugherty Fld, CA US station (0.7 mi from campus).

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.