Northwest University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $15,000
Students with federal loans: 73.3%
Students with Pell grants: 23.1%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $44,118
After 5 years: $64,391
Majors(37 programs)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.(48 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(32 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(30 graduates)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(18 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.(16 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(14 graduates)
- Music.(14 graduates)
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.(12 graduates)
- Theological and Ministerial Studies.(11 graduates)
- Bible/Biblical Studies.(9 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.(8 graduates)
- Biology, General.(8 graduates)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians.(6 graduates)
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness.(6 graduates)
- Marketing.(6 graduates)
- Mathematics.(5 graduates)
- Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries.(5 graduates)
- History.(5 graduates)
- Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology.(4 graduates)
- Religious/Sacred Music.(4 graduates)
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences.(3 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(3 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(3 graduates)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.
- Education, General.
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
- Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other.
- Theology and Religious Vocations, Other.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.
- Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management.
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.
- Business/Commerce, General.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 642 students
Admission Rate: 88.0%
Retention Rate: 73.1%
Graduation Rate: 63.5%
Student Demographics
White (61.7%)
Hispanic (13.2%)
Black (6.4%)
Asian (4.7%)
Two or More (8.1%)
International (3.7%)
Gender Distribution
Men (38.3%)
Women (61.7%)