Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education

Kirkland, WA · Private nonprofit · 405 undergrads (small, suburb) · website ↗

Assemblies of God Church
No application fee
Open admission

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$34,739
$30,000 – $48,000	$29,036
$48,000 – $75,000	$33,605
$75,000 – $110,000	$38,666
Over $110,000	$40,245
All incomes (average)	$35,671

Sticker tuition and fees: $14,652 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$26,553
Books and supplies	$792
Other expenses, off campus	$6,830

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (48 of them) in 2022–23; 92% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	63%	$5,532
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	48%	$4,175
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	13%	$2,120
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	73%	$6,104

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: —
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 19%
Graduation rate (6yr): 50%
Freshman retention: 50%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $54,914
Median debt at graduation: $20,891
International undergrads: 4 (0.3%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: None
Students per faculty member: 27 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: —

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

Not reported (open admission).

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business30%

Psychology23%

Criminal Justice1%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (7)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Theological and Ministerial Studies	36	$40,408	$52,385national $44,535	$23,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations	27	$51,262	$72,343national $68,257	$20,182
Psychology, General	25	$38,716	$54,357national $50,706	$21,125
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	8	$46,636	—national $50,532	$15,025
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	4	$88,881	$89,673national $88,910	$23,497
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	1	—	$56,136national $63,560	—
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	1	$44,102	$58,134national $47,382	—

Associate degrees (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Theological and Ministerial Studies	11	—	$45,166national $40,367	—
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	10	—	$47,496national $44,125	—

Master's degrees (6)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	16	$50,420	—national $59,571	$41,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations	16	$69,870	$107,751national $103,485	—
Theological and Ministerial Studies	9	$46,203	—national $61,300	$32,379
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	7	$71,132	$77,641national $63,707	$20,500
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	6	—	$50,851national $65,184	—
International/Globalization Studies	5	$55,914	$49,915national $86,219	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 7 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 2 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 5520 108th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98033
Phone: (425) 822-8266
Institutional accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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