Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education Graduate Schools

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is a Private, 4 years school located in Kirkland, WA. Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is a historically black school. Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is a tribal college. It is classified as a Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is $16,446 in average. The school has 136 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,222 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education Directory Information
School Name	Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education
Address	5520 108th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98033
Phone	425-822-8266
Web	https://www.northwestu.edu
Online Application	https://northwestu.force.com/TX_CommunitiesSelfReg?startURL=
Financial Info	https://www.northwestu.edu/financial-aid/online

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is $16,446 in average. The school has 136 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,222 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 20 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's. Among them, 19 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$16,446
Student Population	136
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's
Number of Programs	20 graduate programs (19 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is $16,446 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $685.

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education offers the alternative tuition plans.

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	19 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is $16,446. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.98% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$14,637	$60
2019-2020	$15,423	$133
2020-2021	$15,622	$100
2021-2022	$16,027	$100
2022-2023	$16,346	$100

The graduate school tuition & fees of Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is relatively inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in Washington. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,532 and the Washington graduate tuition is $29,159 (public) / $21,522 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education	$16,446
All Graduate Schools	$16,006	$19,532
Public	$11,452	$20,604
Private	$19,609
Washington Graduate Schools	$18,689	$23,698
Public	$15,045	$29,159
Private	$21,522

For academic year 2022-2023, the off-campus living costs are $23,145. Off-campus living costs are increased by 32.61% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$13,920	$3,600
2019-2020	$13,560	$4,480
2020-2021	$13,118	$4,335
2021-2022	$13,118	$4,335
2022-2023	$17,952	$5,193

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $685 at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.44% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$653
2019-2020	$641
2020-2021	$663
2021-2022	$682
2022-2023	$685

Graduate Programs at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education offers 9 graduate programs for Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 85 students have completed their study at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education.

Offered Degrees at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	8	7	85
Post Bachelor's Degree	1	1	0
Total	9	8	85

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the International/Global Studies program with 0 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the International/Global Studies program with 26 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
International/Global Studies	✔	0	-

Popular Master's Programs at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
International/Global Studies	✔	26	$39,400
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	✕	22	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✔	18	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✔	14	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✔	4	-

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education offers 9 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 85 students have completed their graduate studies.

85 students have earned/completed Master's program.

Master's
Post-Bachelor's

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	14 completers	$52,600
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✔	14	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	26 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✔	26	$39,400
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	✕	22	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	19 completers	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✔	1	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✔	18	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	0	-
Business [+]	✔	4 completers	-
Organizational Leadership	✔	0	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✔	4	-
	Total	85

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔	0 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✔	0	-
	Total	0

Graduate Student Population at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 187 students enrolled into Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education graduate schools where it has total 1,222 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 82 full-time and 105 part-time graduate students. By gender, 58 male and 129 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	187	58	129
Full-time	82	18	64
Part-tme	105	40	65

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 101 White (54.01%), 13 Black/African American (6.95%), 15 Hispanic (8.02%), 14 Asian (7.49%), and 44 students with other races. 4 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	187	58	129
American Indian/Native American	2	0	2
Asian	14	4	10
Black/African American	13	4	9
Hispanic	15	5	10
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	101	31	70
Two More	11	3	8
Un-Known	25	7	18
Non-resident Alien	4	4	0

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 161 graduate students (86.10% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 3 graduate students (1.60% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	187
Enrolled Online Exclusively	161
Enrolled Some Online Courses	3
Not in Online Courses	23

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education. 24 students are aged 20 to 24 (12.83% of total students), 26 students are aged above 50 (13.90%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	187	58	129
Age 20-21	3	0	3
Age 22-24	21	7	14
Age 25-29	49	8	41
Age 30-34	31	10	21
Age 35-39	21	9	12
Age 40-49	36	13	23
Age 50-64	25	10	15
Over 64	1	1	0

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