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Northwestern College

Orange City, IA · Private (nonprofit) · 1,175 students · mostly bachelor degrees

62nd-cheapest of 68 Iowa colleges by net price.

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Net price / year
$25,907
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$49,783
Graduation rate
66%
Admission rate
80%
Median graduate earnings
$49,802
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$23,249
Median ACT
24
Pell grant recipients
25%
3-yr loan default rate
0%

Fields of study

53 programs
Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$71,322Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree58 grads/yr$68,565Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree77 grads/yr$60,765Accounting · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$59,192Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree27 grads/yr$57,076Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$51,829Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree43 grads/yr$47,640

Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.