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Located in Orange City, Iowa, Northwestern College is a private not-for-profit institution. Orange City is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

65 Undergraduate Degrees
$26,706 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
74% Acceptance Rate

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: https://www.nwciowa.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NWCIowaAlum
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nwciowa

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 recommended
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations recommended
SAT or ACT Scores required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NWC?

74% Acceptance Rate
40% Of Accepted Are Women
11% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 74%, NWC may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 60% of accepted students are men and 40% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 68%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 11% of students accepted to NWC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 580. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Northwestern College  ( 490 to 580 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Northwestern College  ( 520 to 630 )
200
800
NWC received ACT scores from 91% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 26. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

ACT English Scores for Northwestern College  ( 18 to 26 )
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ACT Math Scores for Northwestern College  ( 18 to 26 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Northwestern College  ( 20 to 26 )
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36

Can I Afford Northwestern College?

$26,706 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
1.8% Loan Default Rate
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

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 NWC, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $8,173 a year. That adds up to $32,692 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NWC is 1.8%. 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 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.

Online Learning at Northwestern College

470 Took All Classes Online
688 Took At Least One Class Online
28.7% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 688 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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Online Growth Rankings of NWC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northwestern College was 28.7%. This is the #781 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NWC 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%.

Northwestern College Business Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 39 39
Accounting 13 13
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication 9 9
Actuarial Science 2 2
General Economics 2 2
TOTAL 65 65

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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