Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

North - West College - West Covina

West Covina, California·Private for-profit, 2-year·Far West·nw.edu/locations/west-covina-campus
Acceptance
100.0%
+2.6pp vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
6-yr Graduation
68%
—
Total enrollment
653
peer median 547
Avg net price
$28,408
+$3.7k vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
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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.

IPEDS
Applied
178
178 candidates competed
Admitted
178
100.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
138
77.5% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
68%
Full-time retention
76%

Pell equity

3.0pp gap
Pell recipients
68%
Non-Pell
71%

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.

FVT/GE

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.

Total programs
11
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

11programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data11 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
11

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.

6
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
35%
$19,480 debt · $55,571 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
30%
$18,845 debt · $63,950 earn
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
29%
$9,500 debt · $33,113 earn
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
27%
$9,500 debt · $35,760 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
25%
$9,500 debt · $38,029 earn
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
23%
$9,500 debt · $41,423 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

Accredited since 1973Next review Oct 2028

Action history · 2

  1. Aug 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
  2. Dec 2018Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$27,661
$30–48k$28,691
$48–75k$28,742
$75–110k$31,420
$110k+$31,835

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$28,408
+$3,703vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions median $24,705
Federal loans
71.0%

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 683 students received $3.3M in Pell grants, alongside $3.5M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
683
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.3M
$3,336,030 total
Direct Loans
$3.5M
1,065 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.3M
510 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.8M
499 loan awards
Parent PLUS$313K
56 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 598 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.6%
-0.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
598
Defaulted
10
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
1.4%
2017
0.1%
2018
6.9%
2019
1.6%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at NW

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs9
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

22 total completions
01Health Professions
22100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
653
12-mo unduplicated
1,036
Undergraduate
1,036
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
14%148
Women
86%888

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
42.0%
White
19.8%
Two or more
19.5%
Asian
10.7%
Black
5.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.9%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 625 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    26.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    13

    NW vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions NW selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    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-West Covina
    		68%100.0%653$28,408Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Carrington College-Mesa
    		—55.3%528$47,290Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Carrington College-San Jose
    		—93.4%645$31,043Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-Dallas
    		—90.4%194$22,977Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-Garden Grove
    		—97.4%214$22,610Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie
    		—100.0%268$24,729Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-North Hollywood
    		—100.0%158$23,584Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-San Diego
    		—100.0%147$24,477Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Baton Rouge
    		——482$23,826Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Centerville
    		——547$24,335Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Cincinnati
    		——500$23,813Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Columbia
    		——582$27,508Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls
    		——583$26,023Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Norfolk
    		——399$29,556Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Richmond
    		——502$19,803Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Smyrna
    		——607$24,705Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis Institute-Birmingham
    		——613$22,914Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis Institute-Nashville
    		——393$29,669Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis Institute-Pensacola
    		——760$24,076Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis Institute-Port Saint Lucie
    		——546$25,465Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Midwestern Career College
    		——887$11,466Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque
    		——562$20,348Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-Chula Vista
    		——537$21,925Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-El Paso
    		——617$23,746Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-Renton
    		——456$31,193Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos
    		——573$29,950Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing
    		—27.9%730$35,630Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    The College of Health Care Professions-Dallas
    		——720$26,236Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus
    		——787$24,842Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Peer group median68%97.4%547$24,705

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    Campuses

    The 1 campus that make up North-West College-West Covina.

    IPEDS

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    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Frequently asked questions about North-West College-West Covina

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about NW.

    What is the acceptance rate at North-West College-West Covina?

    North-West College-West Covina's acceptance rate is 100.0% (178 admitted from 178 applicants), based on the latest IPEDS.

    What is the graduation rate at North-West College-West Covina?

    North-West College-West Covina reports a 6-year graduation rate of 68% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend North-West College-West Covina?

    North-West College-West Covina reports a total enrollment of 653 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at North-West College-West Covina?

    The average net price at North-West College-West Covina is $28,408 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at North-West College-West Covina?

    North-West College-West Covina's yield rate is 77.5%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is North-West College-West Covina located?

    North-West College-West Covina is located in West Covina, California 91790.

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