Public · Community college
Northwest Technology Center-Alva
Alva, Oklahoma · Fringe rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 77%
- Grad / completion
- $32,501
- Median earnings
Northwest Technology Center-Alva is a public certificate-granting institution in Alva, Oklahoma (fringe rural setting), enrolling 58 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Alva, Oklahoma
Alva is a city in and the county seat of Woods County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. Alva was established in 1893 as a United States General Land Office for the Cherokee Outlet land run, the largest of the land rushes that settled western and central Oklahoma. In the television series Mad Men, lead character Don Draper spends most of the penultimate episode, "The Milk and Honey Route", in Alva. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 97 miles to Wichita, KS
- To the ocean
- 529 miles
- Nearest airport
- 91 miles to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National (ICT)
How Northwest Technology Center-Alva compares
Higher than 72% · #23 of 67 in Oklahoma
Higher than 77%
Higher than 40% · #37 of 61 in Oklahoma
Lower than 67%
Larger than 16%
Percentiles compare Northwest Technology Center-Alva 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 Oklahoma.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women3662%
- Men2238%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White78%
- Hispanic14%
- Other or multiracial8.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 58
- Student–faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 10%
- First-generation students
- 66%
- Students over 25
- 2%
- Median family income
- $15,250
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 77%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,157
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $32,501
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $32,501
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 35%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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.
Men out-earn women by $18,368 (79%) 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
- 95°F
- Winter low
- 23°F
- Annual rain
- 30.3″
- Annual snow
- 11.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Alva 1W, OK US station (1.2 mi from campus).
What Northwest Technology Center-Alva 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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- Transfer
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- Tuition
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Woodward, OK · Public · Certificate · 72 students
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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.