Govt. Degree College Nowshera was established in the year 2008 and started functioning from the premises of Govt. Middle School, Nowshera with a strength of 233 students in arts stream only. The science stream was introduced from the session 2016-17 when the college shifted to its own building. From the session 2018-19, subjects of Geography and Sanskrit were introduced. One more subject of Physical Education was introduced from the session 2022-23 when the college admitted the students under NEP-2020.

The college is located at Darshan Nagar, Nowshera about 4 km south of Jammu – Poonch national highway NH 144A. The Mangla Mata Temple, Mangla Devi Fort, Qila Darhal and Central Gurudwara of Nonial are the main attractions of this place. The college has a vast campus spread over 100 kanals of land having full scope of its further expansion as a premier institute of higher learning. It has a big playground enough to be used as a cricket, volleyball and football ground.

All the classrooms of the main building are equipped with smart panels, Wi-Fi connections and inverters for continuous supply of power. The college has well-equipped labs for Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Computer Applications, a smart classroom besides a conference hall and a separate Girls common room. The college has also established a Browsing Centre for students as well as staff. The college Library has adequate number of books and having a seating capacity for about 100 students. The college canteen was made functional from the session 2022-23. Recently, the college has been sanctioned four building projects - Academic Block, Multipurpose Hall, Girls Hostel and Sports Block. The work on these projects is expected to start very shortly.