Private (for-profit)

Northwest Educational Center

Houston, Texas·Private for-profit, less-than 2-year·Southwest·nwec.edu

Northwest Educational Center has open admission, so it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements (effectively a 100% acceptance rate). 70% of students graduate within 150% of normal time, per 2024 IPEDS data. Fall enrollment is 305 students, and 417 enrolled over the full 12-month year (2024). Source: IPEDS.

Acceptance
100%
Open admission
Graduation (150% time)
70%
—
Total enrollment
305
peer median 357
Avg net price
$11,265
-$14k vs peer
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About

Northwest Educational Center is a vocational training institution located in Houston, Texas, founded in 1985. It focuses on providing high-quality training in health care, beauty, and construction technology programs. The Center is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education and maintains the Texas Workforce Commission's approval.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
70%
Full-time retention
92%

Pell equity

Pell recipients
70%245 of 352

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

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 4 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
4
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

4programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data4 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
4

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.

Accreditation status & history

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

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Occupational Education

Accredited since 1998Next review Dec 2031

Action history · 13

  1. Sep 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education
  2. Mar 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Council on Occupational Education
  3. Sep 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Council on Occupational Education
  4. Sep 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Council on Occupational Education
  5. Dec 2023Removal of Show Cause Status
    Council on Occupational Education

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$11,172
$30–48k$11,680
$48–75k—
$75–110k—
$110k+—

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

Avg net price (private)
$11,265
-$13,641vs peer median $24,906
Federal loans
0.0%

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, 550 students received $3.4M in Pell grants.

Pell recipients
550
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.4M
$3,416,480 total

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
0k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

No Direct Loan volume reported.

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 0 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 13.2% national rate.

Default rate
0.0%
-13.2pp vs 13.2% national
Borrowers in repayment
0
Defaulted
0
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2009
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Northwest Educational Center

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs5
UndergraduateOffered

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
305
12-mo unduplicated
417
Undergraduate
417
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
32%133
Women
68%284

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
58.4%
Black
36.1%
White
4.6%
Asian
0.7%
Unknown
0.3%

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 · 233 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
    20.0:1

    Northwest Educational Center vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Northwest Educational Center selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    6-yr gradRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    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
    SubjectNorthwest Educational Center
    		—Open admission305$11,265—
    Access Careers
    		—Open admission511Not reported—
    Access Careers-Islandia
    		—Open admission312Not reported—
    Allen School-Brooklyn
    		—Open admission192$26,106—
    American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education
    		—Open admission472$40,225—
    American Institute-Cherry Hill
    		—Open admission390$21,458—
    American Institute-Somerset
    		—Open admission364$20,464—
    American Institute-Toms River
    		—Open admission484$19,781—
    American Institute-West Hartford
    		—Open admission402$19,316—
    Arlington Career Institute
    		—Open admission562$24,633—
    Associated Technical College-Los Angeles
    		—Open admission315$23,629—
    Carrington College-Portland
    		—83.6%254$36,595—
    CDE Career Institute
    		—Open admission311$24,554—
    Center for Allied Health Education
    		—18.5%437$48,150—
    Center for Ultrasound Research & Education
    		—Open admission37$43,250—
    CyberTex Institute of Technology
    		—Open admission152$33,163—
    Dawn Career Institute LLC
    		—Open admission355$14,839—
    Delta College Inc
    		—Open admission155$23,128—
    First Institute of Travel, Inc.
    		—Open admission278$20,528—
    Florida International Training Institute
    		—79.1%494$27,008—
    Fortis College
    		—Open admission315$19,074—
    Fortis College-Montgomery
    		—Open admission359$21,006—
    Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville
    		—Open admission373$22,336—
    Global Medical & Technical Training Institute
    		—Open admission393$35,823—
    Institute of Technology
    		—Open admission267$37,376—
    New York Medical Career Training Center
    		—100.0%452$28,089—
    North-West College-Pomona
    		—100.0%381$30,851—
    PCI Health Training Center
    		—100.0%256$20,368—
    Prism Career Institute-Cherry Hill
    		—47.4%269$30,147—
    Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia
    		—100.0%468$29,960—
    Southern California Health Institute
    		—Open admission156$29,326—
    Unitek College
    		63%Open admission5,725$25,179—
    Peer group median63%91.8%357$24,906

    Institutions like Northwest Educational Center

    Explore the federal data for institutions in Northwest Educational Center's comparison group.

    IPEDS
    • New York

      Access Careers

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      511
      Net price
      Not reported
    • New York

      Access Careers-Islandia

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      312
      Net price
      Not reported
    • New York

      Allen School-Brooklyn

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      192
      Net price
      $26,106
    • New Jersey

      American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      472
      Net price
      $40,225
    • New Jersey

      American Institute-Cherry Hill

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      390
      Net price
      $21,458
    • New Jersey

      American Institute-Somerset

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      364
      Net price
      $20,464
    • New Jersey

      American Institute-Toms River

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      484
      Net price
      $19,781
    • Connecticut

      American Institute-West Hartford

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      402
      Net price
      $19,316
    • Texas

      Arlington Career Institute

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      562
      Net price
      $24,633
    • California

      Associated Technical College-Los Angeles

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      315
      Net price
      $23,629
    • Oregon

      Carrington College-Portland

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      83.6%
      Enrollment
      254
      Net price
      $36,595
    • Pennsylvania

      CDE Career Institute

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      311
      Net price
      $24,554
    • New York

      Center for Allied Health Education

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      18.5%
      Enrollment
      437
      Net price
      $48,150
    • New York

      Center for Ultrasound Research & Education

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      37
      Net price
      $43,250
    • Texas

      CyberTex Institute of Technology

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      152
      Net price
      $33,163
    • Delaware

      Dawn Career Institute LLC

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      355
      Net price
      $14,839
    • Louisiana

      Delta College Inc

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      155
      Net price
      $23,128
    • Illinois

      First Institute of Travel, Inc.

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      278
      Net price
      $20,528
    • Florida

      Florida International Training Institute

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      79.1%
      Enrollment
      494
      Net price
      $27,008
    • Alabama

      Fortis College

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      315
      Net price
      $19,074
    • Alabama

      Fortis College-Montgomery

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      359
      Net price
      $21,006
    • New Jersey

      Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      373
      Net price
      $22,336
    • Florida

      Global Medical & Technical Training Institute

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      393
      Net price
      $35,823
    • Oregon

      Institute of Technology

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      267
      Net price
      $37,376
    • New York

      New York Medical Career Training Center

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      100.0%
      Enrollment
      452
      Net price
      $28,089
    • California

      North-West College-Pomona

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      100.0%
      Enrollment
      381
      Net price
      $30,851
    • Texas

      PCI Health Training Center

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      100.0%
      Enrollment
      256
      Net price
      $20,368
    • New Jersey

      Prism Career Institute-Cherry Hill

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      47.4%
      Enrollment
      269
      Net price
      $30,147
    • Pennsylvania

      Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      100.0%
      Enrollment
      468
      Net price
      $29,960
    • California

      Southern California Health Institute

      Grad rate
      —
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      156
      Net price
      $29,326
    • California

      Unitek College

      Grad rate
      63%
      Admit rate
      Open admission
      Enrollment
      5,725
      Net price
      $25,179

    Campuses

    The 1 campus that make up Northwest Educational Center.

    IPEDS
    • TX

      Northwest Educational Center-Construction Technology

      Houton, TX
      No page yet

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

    Frequently asked questions about Northwest Educational Center

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Northwest Educational Center.

    What is the acceptance rate at Northwest Educational Center?

    Northwest Educational Center has an open admission policy, so it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements (effectively a 100% acceptance rate). Some programs, such as nursing, may have separate selective admission. IPEDS does not collect an admit rate for open-admission colleges.

    What is the graduation rate at Northwest Educational Center?

    At Northwest Educational Center, 70% of students graduate within 150% of normal time, per 2024 IPEDS data.

    How many students attend Northwest Educational Center?

    Northwest Educational Center reports a total enrollment of 305 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Northwest Educational Center?

    The average net price at Northwest Educational Center is $11,265 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is Northwest Educational Center located?

    Northwest Educational Center is located in Houston, Texas 77092.

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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