Northwestern College
Northwestern College admitted 80% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $24,716 a year. Within six years, 66% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 80%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $51,568 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $24,716 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $24,506 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $38,360 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 66%
- Students who return for a second year
- 74%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $57,028 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,249
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,175
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 29%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 23%
- Education
- 23%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 11%
- Health professions
- 10%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 9%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Temple University PA · 80% admitted
- CUNY New York City College of Technology NY · 80% admitted
- State University of New York at Oswego NY · 81% admitted
- Arcadia University PA · 80% admitted
- North Carolina Wesleyan University NC · 80% admitted
- Shaw University NC · 80% admitted
More colleges in Iowa
- Iowa State University IA · 89% admitted
- University of Iowa IA · 84% admitted
- University of Northern Iowa IA · 93% admitted
- Drake University IA · 64% admitted
- Upper Iowa University IA · 97% admitted
- Saint Ambrose University IA · 77% admitted
- Waldorf University IA · 77% admitted
- Grinnell College IA · 14% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.