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NCAA Division I · Big Ten · Evanston, IL

Northwestern University

Head coach Tyler Rost · 9,201 students

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Academics and cost

What Northwestern University asks for, and what it costs.

In the college's own words, from its site, with the federal figures beneath. Official college site ↗

135 programs, as Northwestern University lists them on its site ↗
  • African Studies
  • AI-Augmented Decision Systems
  • American Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Arabic
  • Architectural Engineering and Design
  • Art History
  • Art Theory and Practice
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Arts Administration
  • Asian American Studies
  • Asian Humanities
  • Asian Languages and Cultures
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
  • Black Studies
  • Business German
  • Business Institutions
  • Catholic Studies
  • Central Southeastern European Studies
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civic Engagement
  • Civil Engineering
  • Classics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Combined Engineering and Communication Program
  • Combined Music & Engineering Program
  • Combined Music and Communication Program
  • Communication Studies
  • Comparative Literary Studies
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science (BS)
  • Computer Science BA-CS
  • Cooperative Engineering Education Program
  • Critical Theory
  • Dance
  • Data Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Economics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • English: Creative Writing
  • English: Creative Writing (cross-genre)
  • English: Creative Writing (sequence-based)
  • English: Literature
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Policy and Culture
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Film and Media Studies
  • French
  • Game Design, Media Arts and Animation
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • General Music
  • German
  • German Studies
  • Global Health Studies
  • Greek
  • Hebrew Studies
  • History
  • Human Communication Sciences
  • Human Development in Context
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Humanities (part-time)
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Integrated Engineering Studies (MIES)
  • Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Undergraduate Certificate
  • Integrated Science Program
  • International Studies
  • Italian
  • Jewish Studies
  • Journalism
  • Kellogg Program for Undergraduates (certificate)
  • Latin
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Latina and Latino Studies
  • Learning and Organizational Change
  • Learning Sciences
  • Legal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Machine Learning and Data Science
  • Manufacturing & Design Engineering (BS-MaDE)
  • Materials Science and Engineering (BS)
  • Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Middle East North African Studies
  • Music Cognition
  • Music Composition
  • Music Criticism
  • Music Education
  • Music Performance: Brass
  • Music Performance: Jazz Studies
  • Music Performance: Percussion
  • Music Performance: Piano
  • Music Performance: Strings
  • Music Performance: Voice & Opera
  • Music Performance: Woodwinds
  • Music Studies: Cognition
  • Music Studies: Composition
  • Music Studies: Music Education
  • Music Studies: Music Theory
  • Music Studies: Musicology
  • Music Technology
  • Music Theatre (certificate)
  • Music Theory
  • Musicology
  • Native American and Indigenous Studies
  • Neuroscience
  • Performance Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Political Science
  • Portuguese Language and Lusophone Cultures
  • Psychology
  • Radio/Television/ Film
  • Religious Studies
  • Russian and East European Studies
  • Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
  • Science in Human Culture
  • Secondary Teaching
  • Segal Design
  • Social Policy
  • Social Sciences (part-time)
  • Sociology
  • Sound Design
  • Space Engineering
  • Spanish
  • Statistics
  • Sustainability and Energy
  • Theatre
  • Transportation and Logistics
  • World Literature

Admissions, from the college ↗

Northwestern encourages academic exploration and personalization with over 100 majors and minors. The university provides resources to guide your application process, including information on requirements and deadlines.

    Required: Application Materials · Application Guidance Based on Your Background · Advice for Applicants · Application Fee Waiver · Transcript · Essay · Recommendation

    • Admission rate8%
    • SAT, middle half1,510–1,570
    • ACT, middle half33–35
    • Tuition, in state$70,589per year
    • Tuition, out of state$70,589per year
    • Average net price$34,420after aid, per year
    • Graduation rate96%
    • Freshmen who return98%
    • Students per faculty6 to 1
    • SettingCity
    • Median earnings, ten years in$104,255
    85 bachelor's programs reported to the Department of Education
    • Anthropology
    • Applied Mathematics
    • Architecture and Related Services, Other
    • Area Studies
    • Biological and Physical Sciences
    • Biology, General
    • Biomedical/Medical Engineering
    • Business/Commerce, General
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Chemistry
    • Civil Engineering
    • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
    • Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
    • Communication and Media Studies
    • Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
    • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
    • Community Organization and Advocacy
    • Computer and Information Sciences, General
    • Computer Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Dance
    • Data Science
    • Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
    • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
    • Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
    • Economics
    • Education, General
    • Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
    • Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
    • Engineering Science
    • Engineering, General
    • Engineering, Other
    • English Language and Literature, General
    • Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
    • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
    • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
    • Fine and Studio Arts
    • Geography and Cartography
    • Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
    • Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
    • Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
    • History
    • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
    • Human Resources Management and Services
    • Industrial Engineering
    • Information Science/Studies
    • International Relations and National Security Studies
    • Journalism
    • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
    • Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
    • Manufacturing Engineering
    • Materials Engineering
    • Materials Sciences
    • Mathematics
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
    • Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
    • Music
    • Natural Resources Conservation and Research
    • Neurobiology and Neurosciences
    • Non-Professional Legal Studies
    • Philosophy
    • Physics
    • Political Science and Government
    • Psychology, General
    • Psychology, Other
    • Public Health
    • Public Policy Analysis
    • Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
    • Religion/Religious Studies
    • Research and Experimental Psychology
    • Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
    • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
    • Science, Technology and Society
    • Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
    • Social Sciences, General
    • Social Sciences, Other
    • Sociology
    • Special Education and Teaching
    • Statistics
    • Sustainability Studies
    • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
    • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
    • Urban Studies/Affairs
    • Visual and Performing Arts, General

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