Northwest Shoals Community College
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 1,969 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $15,270 a year after finishingNationally: $23,214
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 66 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $50,827 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 68 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 74 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 29 finishedGraduates here earned $78,775 a year after finishingNationally: $63,265
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $23,040 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Plumbing and pipefitting
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,980
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 67 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 66 finishedGraduates here earned $62,394 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 200 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (5)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 126 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 140 finishedGraduates here earned $24,874 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $49,486 a year afterNationally: $45,150
- Physical Science Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $57,582
- WoodworkingCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $37,571
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $4,245per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $11,890sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,551Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 11%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 38%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $34,5806 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $38,08310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $8,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 37%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 22%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Northwest Shoals Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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