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Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education

Kirkland, Washington Private nonprofit 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Located in Kirkland, Washington, Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a large suburban area. It enrolled 1,352 students in fall 2024, including 1,221 undergraduates and 131 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Assemblies of God Church.

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 16 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Theological and Ministerial Studies, Other, Business Administration and Management, and Psychology, General. It awarded 141 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 16 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 50% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 27 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,352
Students enrolled
50%
First-year retention
141
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
16
Programs and majors
27:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 16

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 2
Theology and Religious Vocations 1
Psychology 2
Health Professions 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Education 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Social Sciences 1
Communication and Journalism 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
50%
First-year retention, part-time students
53%
Student-to-faculty ratio
27:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
74
Associate degrees
15
Master's degrees
48
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
3
Postbaccalaureate certificates
1

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,352
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,221
Graduate students, fall 2024
131
Full-time, fall 2024
24%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,540
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,386
Graduate students, 2024-25
154
Full-time, 2024-25
23%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
56%
Men
44%
White
59%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
5%
Asian
8%
Two or more races
12%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
16
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
44%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Assemblies of God Church
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
President
Jeremy Johnson
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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