Private for-profit · Community college

Northwest College-Medford

Medford, Oregon · Small city

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Transfer rate: $23,864
Avg net price: 72%
Grad / completion: $24,421
Median earnings

Northwest College-Medford is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Medford, Oregon (small city setting), enrolling 95 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 95 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Medford, Oregon

Medford is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. In 1883, a group of railroad surveyors headed by S.L. Dolson and David Loring arrived in Rock Point, near present-day Gold Hill. They were charged with finding the best route through the Rogue Valley for the Oregon and California Railroad. The annual Pear Blossom Run ends across the street from Alba Park at the Medford city hall, with an all-day fair conducted in the park itself. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 117 miles to Eugene, OR
To the ocean: 74 miles
Nearest airport: 1 mile to Rogue Valley International-Medford (MFR)

How Northwest College-Medford compares

Graduation rate72%

Higher than 65% · #14 of 37 in Oregon

First-year retention75%

Higher than 55%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$24,421

Higher than 16% · #23 of 33 in Oregon

Average net price$23,864

Cheaper than 21% · #31 cheapest of 35 in Oregon

Median debt at graduation$7,564

Lower than 79%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment95

Larger than 27%

Percentiles compare Northwest College-Medford 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

Women8589%
Men1011%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White65%
Black1.1%
Hispanic18%
Other or multiracial16%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 95
Student–faculty ratio: 8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 60%
First-generation students: 50%
Students over 25: 51%
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: $23,864

Outcomes

Graduated: 72%
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: 65%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

72%

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

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

$23,864

$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-Medford 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: 92°F
Winter low: 32°F
Annual rain: 18.4″
Annual snow: 3.4″

Average temperature

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Medford Rogue Vly AP, OR US station (1.3 mi from campus).

What Northwest College-Medford graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

97 grads$18k 1 yr$25k 5 yr$11k debt

97$18,371$24,826$10,743

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.