Private for-profit · Community college

Northwest College-Eugene

Springfield, Oregon · Small city

0%
Transfer rate
$23,798
Avg net price
68%
Grad / completion
$24,421
Median earnings

Northwest College-Eugene is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Springfield, Oregon (small city setting), enrolling 139 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 139 undergradsSmall city

About Springfield, Oregon

Springfield is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The first inhabitants to the area were the Kalapuya people. Also sometimes written as Calapooia or Calapooya, the people maintained the valley and their main food sources by controlled burning. Author Ken Kesey moved to Springfield when he was young and graduated from Springfield High School before moving on to the nearby University of Oregon. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
Nearest big city
3 miles to Eugene, OR
To the ocean
53 miles
Nearest airport
9 miles to Eugene (EUG)

How Northwest College-Eugene compares

Graduation rate68%

Higher than 60% · #16 of 37 in Oregon

First-year retention75%

Higher than 56%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,421

Higher than 16% · #23 of 33 in Oregon

Average net price$23,798

Cheaper than 21% · #30 cheapest of 35 in Oregon

Median debt at graduation$7,564

Lower than 79%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment139

Larger than 35%

Percentiles compare Northwest College-Eugene 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

139undergrads
  • Women12590%
  • Men1410%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White76%
  • Black5.8%
  • Hispanic12%
  • Asian1.4%
  • Other or multiracial5.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
139
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
49%
First-generation students
50%
Students over 25
40%
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
$23,798

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
68%
First-year retention
75%
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
48%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
68%
Low-income (Pell)
62%
First-generation
63%

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.

< $30k
$23,798
$30–48k
$48–75k
$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?

Northwest College-Eugene 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.

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
$25,050
Men
$12,899

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
84°F
Winter low
34°F
Annual rain
40.8″
Annual snow
3.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°60°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.67.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Eugene Mahlon Sweet AP, OR US station (9.3 mi from campus).

What Northwest College-Eugene 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.