Special Focus Two-Year: Technical ProfessionsPublic

Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College

Minden, Louisiana·Public, 2-year·Southeast·nltcc.edu
6-yr Graduation
77%
—
Total enrollment
1,065
peer median 618
Avg net price
$9,256
-$301 vs Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions
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Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
77%
Full-time retention
79%

Pell equity

14.3pp gap
Pell recipients
82%51 of 62
Non-Pell (all)
68%21 of 31
No Federal Aid
68%21 of 31

Pell recipients here graduate at a 14.3-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.

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 18 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 18 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
18
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

18programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data18 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
18

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 1975Next review Dec 2029

Action history · 5

  1. Jun 2025Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality
    Council on Occupational Education
  2. Sep 2024Removal of Monitoring Status
    Council on Occupational Education
  3. Jun 2024Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation
    Council on Occupational Education
  4. Mar 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Occupational Education
  5. Sep 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    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$9,103
$30–48k$9,690
$48–75k$9,833
$75–110k$11,662
$110k+—

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

Avg net price
$9,256
-$300vs Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions median $9,557
Federal loans
0.0%
In-state tuition
$4,109
Out-of-state
$4,109

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, 849 students received $4.0M in Pell grants.

Pell recipients
849
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$4.0M
$3,971,004 total

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’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 249 borrowers who entered repayment, 46 (18.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 14.4% national rate.

Default rate
18.4%
+4.0pp vs 14.4% national
Borrowers in repayment
249
Defaulted
46
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2009
25.1%
2010
18.4%
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 NLTCC

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs18
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

58 total completions
01Health Professions
2644.8%
02Engineering Tech
2543.1%
03Business
712.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
1,065
12-mo unduplicated
1,574
Undergraduate
1,574
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
65%1,017
Women
35%557

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
52.4%
White
39.3%
Hispanic
3.4%
Two or more
2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.3%
Unknown
0.9%
Non-resident
0.4%
Asian
0.2%

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
2.87
3 offenses · 1,044 students

3-year trend

11.492 yrs ago9.281 yr ago2.87Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
23
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
15
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Aggravated assault
2
Arson
1

By location

3total
  • Public property3

VAWA offenses

7
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
0
Stalking
8 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs20
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
17.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
36

NLTCC vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions NLTCC 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
SubjectNorthwest Louisiana Technical Community College
77%—1,065$9,256Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology
—96.2%171$9,857Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions
Peer group median77%96.2%618$9,557

Institutions like NLTCC

Explore the federal data for institutions in NLTCC's comparison group.

IPEDS

NLTCC Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Team
3 members
  • Stephen Long
    Associate Vice Chancellor of Institutional Research
  • Alyson McCoy, Ed.D
    Associate Vice Chancellor of Academics and Institutional Effectiveness
  • Sheri Butler
    Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator / Executive Assistant

Frequently asked questions about Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about NLTCC.

What is the graduation rate at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College?

Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 77% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College?

Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College reports a total enrollment of 1,065 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College?

The average net price at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College is $9,256 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College located?

Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College is located in Minden, Louisiana 71055-0000.

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.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, 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 volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts 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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