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Northwestern College Overview

Northwestern College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Orange City, Iowa. The location of NWC is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Northwestern College Known For?

284 Undergraduate Awards
$26,706 Avg Cost After Aid
87% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at NWC is the master's degree.
  • In a recent academic period100% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from NWC makes roughly $49,802 a year. This is 22% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • The average NWC student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Northwestern College?

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Contact details for NWC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 101 Seventh St Sw, Orange City, IA 51041
Phone: 712-707-7000
Website: www.nwciowa.edu

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How Do I Get Into NWC?

You can apply to NWC online at: https://www.nwciowa.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for NWC

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 3
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into NWC?

87% Acceptance Rate
44% Of Accepted Are Women
Since NWC has an acceptance rate of 87%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 56% of accepted students are men and 44% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Can I Afford Northwestern College?

$26,706 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of NWC is $26,706. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NWC, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $7,535 a year. That adds up to $30,140 over four years for those students.

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Northwestern College Undergraduate Student Diversity

974 Full-Time Undergraduates
49% Women
10% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,069 undergraduate students at NWC, with 974 being full-time and 95 being part-time.

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There are also 427 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 974 full-time undergraduates at NWC, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northwestern College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 12
Black or African American 14
Hispanic or Latino 49
White 820
International Students 29
Other Races/Ethnicities 50

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Northwestern College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 28 countries are represented at NWC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Brazil, and Nepal.

Northwestern College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s TOTAL
Special Education 0 0 89 15 104
Educational Administration 0 0 14 77 91
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 43 0 27 70
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 4 55 9 68
Business Administration & Management 0 58 0 0 58
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 24 24
Health & Physical Education 0 22 0 0 22
Nursing 0 19 0 0 19
Social Work 0 15 0 0 15
General Biology 0 12 0 0 12
Accounting 0 12 0 0 12
Public Relations & Advertising 0 11 0 0 11
General Psychology 0 8 0 0 8
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 7 0 0 7
Economics 0 7 0 0 7
Design & Applied Arts 0 7 0 0 7
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 6 0 0 6
Computer Science 0 5 0 0 5
Mathematics 0 5 0 0 5
Religious Studies 0 5 0 0 5
Political Science & Government 0 5 0 0 5
Drama & Theater Arts 0 5 0 0 5
Music 0 5 0 0 5
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 4 0 0 4
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 3 1 0 0 4
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 3 0 0 3
History 0 3 0 0 3
Religious Education 0 3 0 0 3
Genetics 0 2 0 0 2
Chemistry 0 2 0 0 2
Other Visual Art 0 2 0 0 2
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Student Counseling 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
General English Literature 0 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0 0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0 0
Statistics 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
Sociology 0 0 0 0 0
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3 281 158 152 594

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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