Northwestern College

Northwestern College graduated 8 social work students in the most recent reporting year, placing it #461 of 587 BSW-awarding colleges. Small programs like this one tend to compete on individual attention and placement relationships rather than breadth.

57.2% of students complete their degree, close to the 50.4% median across BSW colleges nationally. Students who finish take a median of 5 years to do it. Unusually, part-time students complete at a higher rate here (67.5%) than full-time students (44.3%) — often a sign of a program built around people already working in the field. First-time entrants complete at 66.0% against 48.8% for transfers — worth checking how transfer credits map onto the practice sequence.

The average student pays $26,347 a year after grants and scholarships — $2,316 above the $24,031 median across the 13 BSW colleges in Iowa. 27.0% of first-time students receive Pell Grants. Net price is the number that matters when comparing programs, not sticker tuition — and because most social work roles are with government or nonprofit employers, graduates are typically eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.