Northwestern College - Bridgeview Overview

Located in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Northwestern College - Bridgeview is a private for-profit institution. NC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Northwestern College - Bridgeview Known For?

• Students at NC have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at NC.
• For the <nil> academic year, 36% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Northwestern College - Bridgeview?

Contact details for NC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9400 S Cicero Ave., Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Phone:	708-237-5050
Website:	www.nc.edu

How Do I Get Into NC?

You can apply to NC online at: www.nc.edu/

Since Northwestern College - Bridgeview has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Northwestern College - Bridgeview?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At NC, approximately 94% of students took out student loans averaging $10,864 a year. That adds up to $43,456 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NC is 3.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Northwestern College - Bridgeview Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 474 undergraduate students at NC, with 122 being full-time and 352 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 122 full-time undergraduates at NC, 6% are male and 94% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	58
Hispanic or Latino	39
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Online Learning at Northwestern College - Bridgeview

In 2020-2021, 474 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 58th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of NC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northwestern College - Bridgeview was 318.6%. This is the #212 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.