North-West College-West Covina
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 3.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 11 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 11 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data11 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Action history · 2
- Aug 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Dec 2018Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
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.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 683 students received $3.3M in Pell grants, alongside $3.5M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 598 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (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 NW
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.
NW vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions NW 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.
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SubjectNorth-West College-West Covina | 68% | 100.0% | 653 | $28,408 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-Mesa | — | 55.3% | 528 | $47,290 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-San Jose | — | 93.4% | 645 | $31,043 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-Dallas | — | 90.4% | 194 | $22,977 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-Garden Grove | — | 97.4% | 214 | $22,610 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie | — | 100.0% | 268 | $24,729 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-North Hollywood | — | 100.0% | 158 | $23,584 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-San Diego | — | 100.0% | 147 | $24,477 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Baton Rouge | — | — | 482 | $23,826 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Centerville | — | — | 547 | $24,335 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Cincinnati | — | — | 500 | $23,813 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Columbia | — | — | 582 | $27,508 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls | — | — | 583 | $26,023 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Norfolk | — | — | 399 | $29,556 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Richmond | — | — | 502 | $19,803 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Smyrna | — | — | 607 | $24,705 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis Institute-Birmingham | — | — | 613 | $22,914 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis Institute-Nashville | — | — | 393 | $29,669 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis Institute-Pensacola | — | — | 760 | $24,076 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis Institute-Port Saint Lucie | — | — | 546 | $25,465 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Midwestern Career College | — | — | 887 | $11,466 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque | — | — | 562 | $20,348 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-Chula Vista | — | — | 537 | $21,925 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-El Paso | — | — | 617 | $23,746 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-Renton | — | — | 456 | $31,193 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos | — | — | 573 | $29,950 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing | — | 27.9% | 730 | $35,630 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
The College of Health Care Professions-Dallas | — | — | 720 | $26,236 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus | — | — | 787 | $24,842 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
| Peer group median | 68% | 97.4% | 547 | $24,705 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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