Northwestern University
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Details
- Name: Northwestern University
- Location: Evanston, IL 60208
- Control: Private Non-Profit
- Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 7.15%
- Average SAT Scores 1526
- Four Year Completion Rate 87.68% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 95.89% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 95.92% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year87.7%6 Year95.9%8 Year95.9% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $87,804 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $65,997 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $65,997 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $14,000 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $15,000 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $9,000 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $1,243 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $3,373 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $6,485 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $14,059 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $48,837 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $76,844 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $72,370 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $83,487 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $78,939 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $89,363 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Architecture and Related Services, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,590 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $78,865 | $69,443 | $44,144 |
| Education, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Engineering, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Engineering Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $70,936 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Information Science/Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $94,536 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $71,607 |
| Engineering, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,001 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $80,781 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,414 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $84,644 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $71,840 | No data | $34,751 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $84,037 |
| Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Materials Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $59,892 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Science, Technology and Society | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sustainability Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $60,519 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Manufacturing Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $66,553 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate) | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,896 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,214 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $68,815 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,049 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Community Organization and Advocacy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $65,015 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,630 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Materials Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,353 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business/Commerce, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Social Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $45,947 | $71,488 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $101,812 | $107,109 | $45,960 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Human Resources Management and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $69,350 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,450 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $89,273 | $23,935 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Public Policy Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,701 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,134 |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,991 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | $63,930 | No data | $38,199 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |