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Northwestern University Acceptance Rate & Admissions Info

4 Year

Private

Not-for-Profit

Award Completions

One but less than two years certificate
Bachelor’s degree
Postbaccalaureate certificate
Master’s degree
Post-master’s certificate
Doctor’s degree – research/scholarship
Doctor’s degree – professional practice

State Abbreviation

Illinois

633 CLARK STEVANSTON, IL 60208

Net Price

Admission Stats

Total enrollments (2022)

Average ACT

$29,999

23161

Admission Deadlines

Competitiveness Scale

Average GPA

Average SAT

3-Jan

Hard

3.62

1180

Northwestern is an elite private university located in Evanston, Illinois in the Chicago Area. It is a mid-size institution with an enrollment of 8,438 undergraduate students. Admissions is extremely competitive as the Northwestern acceptance rate is only 7%. Popular majors include Economics, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, and Psychology. Graduating 95% of students, Northwestern alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $58,900.

How does college or university compare?

The acceptance rate for Northwestern is more than 100% lower than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Loyola University Chicago67.20%
DePaul University68.20%
University of Illinois at Chicago72.70%
University of Chicago6.20%