Northern Lights College

Northern Lights College (NLC) serves northern British Columbia. Northern Lights College campuses are located on the territories of the Cree, Dene, Dunne-Za, Kaska, Saulteau, Tse’khene, Tahltan and Tlingit peoples. There are campuses and access centres in Atlin, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Fort Nelson, Fort St. John and Tumbler Ridge. 

NLC offers academic, trades and continuing education programming. The school also has partnership agreements with several universities, allowing for the direct transfer of credits earned at NLC toward degrees and other programming. In order to address the shortage of health-care workers in northern B.C., NLC is expanding its health-care offerings and opening more seats for students this fall. The Dawson Creek campus is home to an internationally renowned aircraft maintenance program. On the same campus, there’s a tower used for high-angle rescue training and hands-on class training for the wind turbine maintenance technician program. The Centre for Clean Energy Technologies, which runs on wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy systems, is at Dawson Creek as well. On the school’s Fort St. John campus, the Centre of Training Excellence for Oil and Gas boasts a unique simulated well-site training facility and other programs related to the energy industry. 

Quick facts

School size:
Small

Tuition:
Diploma $4,000-$5,200
Certificate $5,200
Post-Grad $3,900

Residence offerings:
Yes

Popular programs

Early Childhood Education and Care Diploma
Trades Foundations
Business Management Post-degree Diploma
Health Care Assistant Certificate

Cool options

The Alaska Highway Consortium on Teacher Education: This program provides students with certified credentials from the province’s teaching branch of the Ministry of Education.
Aircraft Maintenance Technician: Students learn to troubleshoot and perform aircraft inspections, including airframe structures and engines systems. 
Interprofessional Mental Health and Addictions: In this online advanced certificate, diploma and degree holders engage in assessment, planning and interventions.