Northwest Mississippi Community College Overview

Northwest Mississippi Community College is a public institution located in Senatobia, Mississippi. Senatobia is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is Northwest Mississippi Community College Known For?

• The associate's degree is the highest award offered at NWCC.
• In <nil>, 49% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Northwest Mississippi Community College?

Contact details for NWCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4975 Hwy 51 N, Senatobia, MS 38668-1714
Phone:	662-562-3200
Website:	www.northwestms.edu

How Do I Get Into NWCC?

You can apply to NWCC online at: www.northwestms.edu/admissions/apply-online

Northwest Mississippi Community College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Northwest Mississippi Community College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NWCC, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $3,894 a year. That adds up to $15,576 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NWCC is 6.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Northwest Mississippi Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,841 undergraduate students at NWCC, with 4,045 being full-time and 2,796 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,045 full-time undergraduates at NWCC, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northwest Mississippi Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	34
Black or African American	1,425
Hispanic or Latino	220
White	2,237
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	129

Online Learning at Northwest Mississippi Community College

In 2020-2021, 2,598 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NWCC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 18th most popular in Mississippi for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of NWCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northwest Mississippi Community College was 188.2%. This is the #294 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NWCC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.