Northwestern Health Sciences University Healthcare Programs

Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, Northwestern Health Sciences University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of NWHSU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Northwestern Health Sciences University?

Contact details for NWHSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2501 W 84Th St, Bloomington, MN 55431
Phone:	952-888-4777
Website:	www.nwhealth.edu

How Do I Get Into NWHSU?

You can apply to NWHSU online at: www.nwhealth.edu/admissions/how-to-apply

Northwestern Health Sciences University has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Northwestern Health Sciences University?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NWHSU, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $8,723 a year. That adds up to $34,892 over four years for those students.

Northwestern Health Sciences University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 387 undergraduate students at NWHSU, with 124 being full-time and 263 being part-time.

There are also 739 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 124 full-time undergraduates at NWHSU, 27% are male and 73% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northwestern Health Sciences University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	94

Over 8 countries are represented at NWHSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, China, and Bulgaria.

Online Learning at Northwestern Health Sciences University

In 2022-2023, 860 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 27th most popular in Minnesota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Northwestern Health Sciences University Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Chiropractic	0	0	0	0	159	159
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage	22	13	0	0	0	35
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine	0	0	0	19	0	19
Laboratory Technician	6	0	13	0	0	19
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	18	0	0	0	0	18
Radiologic Technology	13	0	0	0	0	13
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology	0	0	0	4	6	10
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist	0	0	0	3	0	3
Medical/Clinical Assistant	0	1	0	0	0	1
Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	59	14	13	26	165	277

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.