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OWC 40th Anniversary Statistics
Northwest Florida State College History: 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000+ | Home
Individuals Served by Northwest Florida State College
August 1964 to April 2003: 194,491
OWJC was established in April 1963 and first opened its doors in August 1964 to 767 students. The above numbers represent the unduplicated number of all credit and non-credit (adult education, continuing education, PRIME Time) students served by the college since 1964.
NWF State College Graduates
Total Degrees Earned: 1964 - May 2002: 18,928
Does not include individuals scheduled to graduate in May 2003.
Does not include adult education/GED diploma grads
| AA | AA/AAS | Certificate | |
| 02-03 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 01-02: | 740 | 289 | 178 |
| 00-01: | 634 | 265 | 221 |
| 99-00: | 685 | 226 | 188 |
| Subtotal | 2,059 | 780 | 587 |
| AA | AA/AAS | Certificate | |
| 98-99: | 633 | 171 | 251 |
| 97-98: | 617 | 137 | 238 |
| 96-97 | 565 | 91 | 271 |
| 95-96 | 538 | 106 | 256 |
| 94-95 | 517 | 95 | 61 |
| 93-94 | 508 | 102 | 38 |
| 92-93 | 361 | 61 | 36 |
| 91-92 | 436 | 76 | 30 |
| 90-91 | 387 | 64 | 30 |
| 89-90 | 378 | 76 | 43 |
| Subtotal | 4,940 | 979 | 1,254 |
| AA | AA/AAS | Certificate | |
| 88-89 | 306 | 54 | 31 |
| 87-88 | 296 | 40 | 19 |
| 86-87 | 235 | 70 | 30 |
| 85-86 | 260 | 66 | 26 |
| 84-85 | 282 | 73 | 30 |
| 83-84 | 326 | 61 | 44 |
| 82-83 | 275 | 93 | 40 |
| 81-82 | 343 | 77 | 50 |
| 80-81 | 345 | 67 | 73 |
| 79-80 | 320 | 88 | 61 |
| Subtotal | 2,988 | 689 | 404 |
| AA | AA/AAS | Certificate | |
| 78-79 | 298 | 71 | 43 |
| 77-78 | 353 | 63 | 65 |
| 76-77 | 347 | 54 | 72 |
| 75-76 | 318 | 40 | 50 |
| 74-75 | 272 | 28 | 0 |
| 73-74 | 290 | 28 | 0 |
| 72-73 | 245 | 26 | 0 |
| 71-72 | 248 | 17 | 0 |
| 70-71 | 296 | 17 | 0 |
| 69-70 | 248 | 16 | 0 |
| Subtotal: | 2,915 | 360 | 230 |
| AA | AA/AAS | Certificate | |
| 68-69 | 242 | 10 | 0 |
| 67-68 | 169 | 5 | 0 |
| 66-67 | 156 | 9 | 0 |
| 65-66 | 146 | 6 | 0 |
| Subtotal: | 713 | 30 | 0 |
Faculty and Staff
A staff of twenty were on hand when OWJC opened its doors to students on August 24, 1964. There were eleven instructors, five full-time administrators and four office workers.