Northwood University
Northwood University admitted 65% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $25,908 a year. Within six years, 64% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 65%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $50,610 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $25,908 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $21,142 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $35,900 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 64%
- Students who return for a second year
- 79%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $68,112 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,974
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 32%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 87%
- Computer and information sciences
- 4%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 4%
- Communication and journalism
- 2%
- Health professions
- 2%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- DigiPen Institute of Technology WA · 64% admitted
- Florida Southern College FL · 64% admitted
- Minot State University ND · 65% admitted
- Tabor College KS · 65% admitted
- CUNY Queens College NY · 64% admitted
- Logan University MO · 64% admitted
More colleges in Michigan
- Michigan State University MI · 85% admitted
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI · 16% admitted
- Grand Valley State University MI · 83% admitted
- Wayne State University MI · 81% admitted
- Western Michigan University MI · 85% admitted
- Oakland University MI · 88% admitted
- Eastern Michigan University MI · 80% admitted
- Central Michigan University MI · 90% 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.