Northwest Technology Center-Alva
Alva, Oklahoma · Website
$32,501
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$32,501
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Northwest Technology Center-Alva is a public under 2-year college in Alva, Oklahoma with 58 undergraduates. 77% of students finish within 150% of the normal time. Former students earn a median $32,501 a year 10 years after they started.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
-
A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
77%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
$32,501
Rank 3,783 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 9.9%
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 58
- Part-time students
- 22%
- Women
- 64%
- Students per teacher
- 13
- Completion rate
- 77%
- Retention rate
- 88%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 17
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 3,783 of 5,094 US colleges and 65 of 90 in Oklahoma (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | OK median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $12,429 | $13,490 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $7,921 | $9,344 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 76% | 77% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 77% | 61% | 79% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 88% | 71% | 82% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $15,936 | $9,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $35,157 | $34,450 | $37,893 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $32,501 | $37,856 | $40,517 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US public under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
17 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate | Certificate | 69 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $56,073 |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $51,586 |
| Precision Metal WorkingCertificate | Certificate | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $48,702 |
| Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate | Certificate | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $53,078 |
| Design and Applied ArtsCertificate | Certificate | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $36,116 |
| Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $32,681 |
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 1 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate | Certificate | 1 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Computer ProgrammingCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Legal Support ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $44,589 |
| Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $30,572 |
| Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | - | Withheld | $49,996 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at Northwest Technology Center-Alva?
Northwest Technology Center-Alva has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much do Northwest Technology Center-Alva graduates earn?
$32,501 a year is the median pay of former Northwest Technology Center-Alva students who work, 10 years after they started ($35,157 after 6 years). That ranks 3,783 of 5,094 US colleges and 65 of 90 in Oklahoma.
What is the graduation rate at Northwest Technology Center-Alva?
77% of first-time, full-time students at Northwest Technology Center-Alva finish within 150% of the normal time. 88% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public under 2-year colleges is 79%.
What are the most popular majors at Northwest Technology Center-Alva?
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (69 certificate graduates), Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (15 certificate graduates), Precision Metal Working (9 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 17 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.