National Louis University Business Programs

National Louis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

National Louis University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at NLU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Most Popular Online Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#123	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is National Louis University?

Contact details for NLU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	122 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone:	800-443-5522
Website:	www.nl.edu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/NationalLouisU

How Do I Get Into NLU?

You can apply to NLU online at: www.nl.edu/applyonline/

Admission Requirements for NLU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NLU?

NLU has the high acceptance rate of 97%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 98%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Can I Afford National Louis University?

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 NLU, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $5,102 a year. That adds up to $20,408 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NLU is 5.1%. 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.

National Louis University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,604 undergraduate students at NLU, with 2,564 being full-time and 1,040 being part-time.

There are also 3,798 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,564 full-time undergraduates at NLU, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of National Louis University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	58
Black or African American	439
Hispanic or Latino	1,542
White	303
International Students	47
Other Races/Ethnicities	175

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at National Louis University. At this time, 2 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 19 countries are represented at NLU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, South Korea, and Kyrgyzstan.

Online Learning at National Louis University

In 2019-2020, 4,054 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 7th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of NLU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at National Louis University was $11,505 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how NLU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#13	#4
Management Science	#13	#4
Organizational Leadership	#43	#25
Management Information Systems	#55	#10
General Management Information Systems	#55	#13

Online Growth Rankings of NLU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at National Louis University was 19.6%. This is the #948 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NLU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at NLU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at NLU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Management Information Systems	#36
Management Information Systems	#48
Management Science	#48
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#77
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#97
General Business/Commerce	#179
General Business/Commerce	#179
Human Resource Management	#180

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%.

National Louis University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	63	47	3	113
Management Science	77	0	0	77
General Hospitality Administration/Management	45	0	0	45
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	28	0	28
General Business/Commerce	5	0	0	5
Organizational Leadership	0	0	4	4
General Management Information Systems	2	0	0	2
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	192	75	7	274

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
• Image Credit: By TonyTheTiger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.