About
North-West College is a private for-profit system of colleges in California. North-West College offers diploma, associate degree and certification programs at each of its seven campuses throughout the Los Angeles and Riverside areas. North-West College was established in 1966 by Marsha Fuerst. Fuerst's family has been involved in the allied health field since the early 1950s. North-West College continues to be owned and operated by the Fuerst family.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,004 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at North-West College-Long Beach
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
North-West College-Long Beach vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions North-West College-Long Beach selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNorth-West College-Long Beach | 58% | 100.0% | 652 | $32,474 | — |
American College of Healthcare and Technology | — | — | 272 | $15,115 | — |
AMG School of Nursing | — | — | 552 | $33,363 | — |
ATA College | — | 23.1% | 193 | $22,680 | — |
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Indianapolis | — | — | 172 | $30,293 | — |
California Career Institute | — | 73.9% | 628 | — | — |
Concorde Career College-Southaven | — | 100.0% | 115 | $22,064 | — |
Contra Costa Medical Career College | — | — | 556 | — | — |
Dorsey College-Dearborn | — | — | 430 | $22,173 | — |
Galen Health Institutes-Richmond | — | — | 454 | $40,766 | — |
Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield | — | — | 493 | $49,781 | — |
Infinity College | — | — | 179 | — | — |
Institute of Culinary Education | — | — | 553 | — | — |
Interactive College of Technology-Newport | — | — | 101 | $15,239 | — |
Lamson Institute | — | — | 498 | $24,617 | — |
Mariano Moreno Culinary Institute | — | — | 108 | $14,004 | — |
Miller-Motte College-Tulsa | — | — | 389 | $23,107 | — |
North-West College-Anaheim | — | 100.0% | 513 | $31,140 | — |
Ohio Medical Career College | — | — | 129 | $16,023 | — |
Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio | — | — | 424 | $21,497 | — |
Pinnacle Career Institute | — | — | 619 | $19,024 | — |
PITC Institute | — | — | 282 | $19,304 | — |
Premiere Career College | — | — | 105 | $23,214 | — |
Ross College-Grand Rapids North | — | — | 387 | $21,770 | — |
San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Mirage | — | — | 342 | $24,175 | — |
San Joaquin Valley College-Santa Maria | — | — | 114 | $20,549 | — |
Southeastern College-Charlotte | — | 93.7% | 252 | $36,058 | — |
Southern Careers Institute-Waco | — | — | 185 | $22,657 | — |
Universal Technical Institute-South Florida Miramar | — | — | 791 | $25,637 | — |
Valley College-Beckley | — | — | 165 | $24,526 | — |
| Peer group median | 58% | 96.8% | 365 | $22,894 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about North-West College-Long Beach
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about North-West College-Long Beach.
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