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Northwest State Community College

Northwest State Community College
22600 State Route 34
Archbold, OH 43502-9542

Official telephone: (419) 267-5511
Fax number: (419) 267-3688
Website: https://northweststate.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 69%
Student:Faculty ratio: 23:1
Total faculty: 53 men, 51 women
Full-time faculty: 18 men, 24 women
Part-time faculty: 35 men, 27 women

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: yes

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Accounting and Related Services, Other
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural and Food Products Processing
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agriculture, General
  • Banking and Financial Support Services
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Building/Construction Site Management/Manager
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  • Child Care and Support Services Management
  • Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Construction Trades, General
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Criminal Justice/Police Science
  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications, General
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Electrician
  • Electromechanical/Electromechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Energy Systems Technology/Technician
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Funeral Service and Mortuary Science, Other
  • General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
  • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services, Other
  • Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician
  • Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology/Technician
  • Ironworking/Ironworker
  • Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
  • Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary
  • Legal Assistant/Paralegal
  • Legal Studies
  • Legal Support Services, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Mechanics and Repairers, General
  • Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary
  • Medical/Clinical Assistant
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Sciences
  • Network and System Administration/Administrator
  • Office Management and Supervision
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Precision Metal Working, Other
  • Precision Production Trades, General
  • Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other
  • Quality Control Technology/Technician
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Social Sciences, General
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General
  • Teacher Assistant/Aide
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Tool and Die Technology/Technician
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  • Welding Technology/Welder
Certificates

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Automation Engineer Technology/Technician
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machinist Technology/CNC Machinist
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Criminal Justice/Police Science
  • Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician
  • Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
  • Energy Systems Technology/Technician
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • General Office Occupations and Clerical Services
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician
  • Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology/Technician
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Machine Tool Technology/Machinist
  • Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Mechanics and Repairers, General
  • Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder
  • Network and System Administration/Administrator
  • Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist
  • Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Precision Production Trades, General
  • Quality Control Technology/Technician
  • Real Estate
  • Welding Technology/Welder

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for relevant life experience
  • neither credit nor placement for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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