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Northwestern College

Total
Students
Full-Time
Undergrads
Percent Accepted Percent Women Resident Tuition & Fees Non-Res. Tuition & Fees Room & Board
1,3421,29084%61%$18,296$18,296$5,210
Year last surveyed2007
Address101 Seventh Street, SW
Orange City IA 51041-1996
Phone(712) 707-7000
Admissionsin-state: (800) 747-4757
out-of-state: (800) 747-4757
fax: (712) 707-7247
Carnegie ClassificationBaccalaureate Colleges – General
Typefour-year college [awards bachelor's and possibly associate degrees, but no graduate degrees]
Student BodyCoeducational
Established1882
Institutional ControlPrivate – Religious
Academic CalendarSemesters

Enrollment Details: Northwestern College

Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen men.142
Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen women.221
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time men.355
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time women.559
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time men.4
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time women.7
Number of all other full-time undergraduate men enrolled in credit courses.4
Number of all other full-time undergraduate women enrolled in credit courses.9
Number of all other part-time undergraduate men enrolled in credit courses.17
Number of all other part-time undergraduate women enrolled in credit courses.24
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students.366
Number of students in the final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students after adjusting for exclusions due to death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, participation in official church missions, or other allowable exclusions.366
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in 4 years or less.181
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 4 years but in 5 years or less.37
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program within 6 years.218
Six-year graduation rate for final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students (adjusting for allowable exclusions).60%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA.98%
Number of degree-seeking transfer students enrolled.46
Total number of full-time undergraduate men.501
Total number of full-time undergraduate women.789
Total number of part-time undergraduate men.21
Total number of part-time undergraduate women.31
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.501
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.789
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.21
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.31
Total number of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution.1,342
Total number of undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students enrolled at the institution.1,342
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate nonresident aliens. Nonresident aliens are excluded from counts for racial/ethnic categories.36
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate black, non-Hispanics.12
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate American Indians/Alaskan natives.2
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Asians/Pacific Islanders.13
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Hispanics.17
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate white, non-Hispanics.1,262
Total number of degree-seeking undergraduates across all racial/ethnic categories.1,342
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates age 25 or older.3%
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates who are from out-of-state (excluding international students/nonresident aliens).43%
Number of U.S. states and territories (including Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico; for Canadian Schools: provinces and territories) from which undergraduates come.31
Number of foreign countries from which undergraduates come.22
Percentage of total degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank data.99%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top half of high school graduating class.83%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top quarter of high school graduating class.55%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top tenth of high school graduating class.28%
Average high school GPA on 4.0 scale for degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students.3.5
Number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who were valedictorians.19
Percentage of full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered the institution as freshmen in the previous academic year and returned for the fall term of the current academic year.80%
Percentage of students completing a bachelor's program in the last academic year who went directly on to graduate/professional schools.22%
Number of Associate degrees awarded during previous year.4
Number of Bachelor's degrees awarded during previous year.250
Academic year for which awards/outcomes data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).1999
Year for which completion rates data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).2006
Year for which retention data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).2006

Data Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Dataset, © 2007. All rights reserved.