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Northwestern College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Orange City, Iowa. The surrounding location of Orange City is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Northwestern College?

Contact details for NWC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	101 Seventh St Sw, Orange City, IA 51041
Phone:	712-707-7000
Website:	www.nwciowa.edu

How Do I Get Into NWC?

You can apply to NWC online at: https://www.nwciowa.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for NWC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Recommended
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NWC?

NWC has an acceptance rate of 83%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 56% of accepted students are men and 44% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 8% of students accepted to NWC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 610. Math scores were between 460 and 630.

NWC received ACT scores from 82% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 27. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

Can I Afford Northwestern College?

The overall average net price of NWC is $26,706. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At NWC, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $8,491 a year. That adds up to $33,964 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NWC is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Northwestern College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,053 undergraduate students at NWC, with 979 being full-time and 74 being part-time.

There are also 460 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 979 full-time undergraduates at NWC, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northwestern College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	13
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	806
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Northwestern College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 28 countries are represented at NWC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Brazil, and Nepal.

Online Learning at Northwestern College

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 15 master’s degree programs available online at NWC. In 2020-2021, 647 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NWC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of NWC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northwestern College was 28.7%. This is the #782 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NWC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.