Northwestern College Business Programs
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.
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Where Is Northwestern College?
Contact details for NWC are given below.
Contact Details | |
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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? |
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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?
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.
Can I Afford Northwestern College?
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
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.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northwestern College students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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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
The following chart shows how the online learning population at NWC has changed over the last few years.
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 |
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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.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Image Credit: By Lawrence Albert Johnston under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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