North Park University Business Programs

Located in Chicago, Illinois, North Park University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is North Park University?

Contact details for North Park are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625-4895
Phone:	773-244-6200
Website:	www.northpark.edu
Facebook:	https://facebook.com/npuchicago
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/npu

How Do I Get Into North Park?

You can apply to North Park online at: www.northpark.edu/admissions-aid/undergraduate-admissions/getting-started-with-north-park-university/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for North Park

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	considered but not required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into North Park?

North Park has a fairly low acceptance rate of 44%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 42%, and the acceptance rate for women is 45%.

Average Test Scores

About 77% of students accepted to North Park submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 560. Math scores were between 480 and 562.

North Park received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford North Park University?

The overall average net price of North Park is $31,968. 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

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 North Park, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $6,691 a year. That adds up to $26,764 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at North Park is 4.4%. 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.

North Park University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,846 undergraduate students at North Park, with 1,682 being full-time and 164 being part-time.

There are also 985 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,682 full-time undergraduates at North Park, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of North Park University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	162
Black or African American	164
Hispanic or Latino	533
White	601
International Students	101
Other Races/Ethnicities	121

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at North Park University. At this time, 26 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 49 countries are represented at North Park. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Sweden, Norway, and China.

Online Learning at North Park University

In 2019-2020, 2,458 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 15th 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 North Park

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at North Park University was $32,100 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how North Park 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
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#31	#31
General Management Information Systems	#73	#67

Online Growth Rankings of North Park

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at North Park University was 47.4%. This is the #582 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at North Park regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at North Park 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 North Park.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#7
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#46
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#56
Marketing	#70
Human Resource Management	#89
General Business Administration and Management	#335
Business Administration & Management	#443

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%.

North Park University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	93	47	140
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	19	17	36
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	10	10
Advertising	2	0	2
Accounting	0	0	0
Finance	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0
TOTAL	114	74	188

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 NPPyzixBlan under License

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