Private for-profit · Community college
Northwest College-Beaverton
Beaverton, Oregon · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $17,862
- Avg net price
- 50%
- Grad / completion
- $24,421
- Median earnings
Northwest College-Beaverton is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Beaverton, Oregon (small city setting), enrolling 37 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Beaverton, Oregon
Beaverton is a city in the Tualatin Valley, located in Washington County in the U.S. state of Oregon, with a small portion bordering Portland. According to Oregon Geographic Names, Beaverton's name is derived from the settlement's proximity to a large body of water resulting from beaver dams. Reser's Fine Foods, processor and distributor of freshly prepared foods, has headquartered in Beaverton since 1960. Leupold & Stevens, maker of rifle scopes and other specialty optics, has been located on property adjacent to the City of Beaverton since 1968. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 6 miles to Portland, OR
- To the ocean
- 49 miles
- Nearest airport
- 12 miles to Portland (PDX) · major hub
How Northwest College-Beaverton compares
Higher than 37% · #20 of 37 in Oregon
Higher than 6%
Higher than 16% · #23 of 33 in Oregon
Cheaper than 40% · #26 cheapest of 35 in Oregon
Lower than 79%
Lower than 95%
Larger than 9%
Percentiles compare Northwest College-Beaverton 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 Oregon.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women3389%
- Men411%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White51%
- Black2.7%
- Hispanic24%
- Other or multiracial22%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 37
- Student–faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 53%
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Students over 25
- 36%
- Median family income
- $17,784
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
- $17,862
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
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 40%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,914
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $24,421
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,564
- Students with federal loans
- 55%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 25%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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%.
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.
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?
Northwest College-Beaverton 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)
- $24,421
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,564
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 31%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 24%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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 out-earn men by $12,151 (94%) 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
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 40°F
- Annual rain
- 39.2″
- Annual snow
- 3.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Nature Park-Beaverton, OR US station (1.7 mi from campus).
What Northwest College-Beaverton graduates study — and earn
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.