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Northwest Shoals Community College

800 George Wallace Blvd, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 · Public 2-year · (256) 331-5200 · School website

Average net price

$2,838

per year after grants, College Scorecard

Career completions

489

2023-24, IPEDS

Finish on time

38.7%

within 150% of normal time, Scorecard

Students with Pell

26.7%

share of undergraduates, Scorecard

Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS)

Career programs at Northwest Shoals Community College

Northwest Shoals Community College reported 489 certificate and associate completions in 10 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in welding (197). College Scorecard counts 1,969 undergraduates.

Program	Award	Length	Program cost	Completions	Earnings, 1 yr	Funding and results
Welding	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	197	Not published	WIOA list
LPN/LVN	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	67	Not published	WIOA list
Electrician	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	66	Not published
HVAC	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	65	Not published
EMT and paramedic	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	26	Not published
Medical assistant	Certificate, Associate	Not reported	Not reported	25	Not published	WIOA list
Carpentry	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	22	Not published
Automotive	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	18	Not published
Cosmetology	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	3	Not published
Plumbing	Certificate	Not reported	Not reported	0	Not published

Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).

Cost and aid at Northwest Shoals Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools: $5,131
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS: $5,131
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS: $9,001
Books and suppliesIPEDS: $1,600
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid: $2,838
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs: $10,000
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students: $33,828

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

Northwest Shoals Community College net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.