Northwestern College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Northwestern College Academics

Northwestern College is unique in its study options. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since Northwestern College has academic support services like Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Tutoring and Writing Center. Students with disabilities are not left alone with programs such as Partial Services/Facilities For Students With Learning Disabilities, Services/Facilities For Hearing Impaired, Services/Facilities For Speech Or Communications Disorders, Services/Facilities For Visually Impaired, Wheelchair Accessibility, 250 work stations, available in: dorms, libraries, computer centers, Dorms Wired for Access to Campus-Wide Network, Email Accounts Provided to All Students, Online Course Registration for Freshmen, Commuter/Off-Campus Students Can Connect to Campus Network, Computer Repair Service Available On Campus, Computer Helpline Available and Wireless Network. Moreover, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help. For one thing, the university has a Accelerated Program, Double Major, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Washington Semester.

Psychology at Northwestern College can be studies through programs such as Psychology – General. Similarly, if you are a student who is interested in Communications & Journalism, you can choose from a major in Communications/Rhetoric. Again, Northwestern College offers majors in History like History – General. Computer Science majors at Northwestern College can choose from majors in the following: Computer Science and Computer/Information Sciences – General. Likewise, Mathematics is offered in majors like Mathematics – General. The School of Visual and Performing Arts at Northwestern College offers the following fields of study: Art – General and Music – General. The most popular majors at Northwestern College rank in at one hundred percent business per marketing, twenty-nine percent education, nineteen percent business per marketing, ten percent social sciences, nine percent biology, eight percent visual and performing arts, seven percent philosophy and five percent psychology. Similarly, Physical Sciences is offered in the following: Chemistry. The school of Health and Clinical Sciences at Northwestern College features majors such as Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technology, Predentistry, Premedicine and Preveterinary Medicine. Northwestern College offers programs in Social Sciences, for example Economics, Political Science/Government and Sociology. Sports buffs and students who enjoy physical activity, Northwestern College offers majors such as Exercise Sciences and Health/Physical Fitness in their Parks, Recreation, and Fitness department. Northwestern College offers degrees in Philosphy and Religion as well. The university offers majors in Philosophy and Religion/Religious Studies. Thinking of going into Government or the Public Sector? Northwestern College offers Public Administration and Service degrees in the following areas: Social Work. Rather, if Foreign Language and Literature are of interest, Northwestern College offers majors like Spanish. English Language and Literature students can choose from fields of study like English and Speech/Rhetorical Studies. In addition, if you wish to become a teacher, consider the Education majors. An instance of this, Education – General and Elementary Education. Students interested in Business, Management, & Marketing can find options in the majors Accounting, Actuarial Science, Administrative/Secretarial Services, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance/Banking and Marketing Management. If your field of interest includes that of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, you can choose from the following: Biology.

Again, for international students, the application fee is 25.

Northwestern College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 85%, Percent of students who had H.S. GPA of 3.0 or higher: 87% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 74%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. That is, there were one hundred and twenty total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and fifteen total number of transfer students who were admitted. Northwestern College requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular fee, twenty-five dollars out-of-state application fee and point zero .

For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of April. Likewise, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of July. For Northwestern College, SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of August and the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. Northwestern College’s regular application due date was not reported. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 30th of June. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. Transfer students must apply no later than the Rolling admission, with priority applications due on the 1st of August.

Northwestern College Financial Aid

Financial aid for Northwestern College is readily accessible. Financial aid distribution is at fifty-four percent scholarships per grants and forty-six percent loans per jobs. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Athletics and State/District Residency. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Leadership, Music/Drama, Religious Affiliation and State/District Residency.

Northwestern College Students

Northwestern College offers Associate and Bachelor’s degrees. For an idea of the size of Northwestern College, the school boasts one thousand, two hundred and forty-five degree-seeking undergrads and three hundred and fifty-seven first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Furthermore, the student body consists of forty-nine percent in-state students, fifty-one percent out-of-state students, sixty-three percent women, thirty-seven percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, one percent black per non-hispanic, less than one percent hispanic, ninety-seven percent white per non-hispanic, two percent non-resident alien, twenty-eight percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifty-five percent in top quarter of graduating class, eighty-five percent in top half of graduating class, eighty-seven percent had h.s. gpa of 3.0 and higher and thirteen percent had h.s. gpa of 2.0 – 2.99. Moreover, it is part of an Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Reformed Church In America, Coed, where 85 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited.

Students should note that at Northwestern College, Guaranteed On-Campus Housing For All Undergraduates, ninety-five percent of first-year students live in college housing, eighty-seven percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Married Students, Apartments For Single Students and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. In general, Northwestern College is located 40 miles from Sioux City, 75 miles from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.Besides, the university has many unique facilites such as natural prairie restoration project. The campus at Northwestern College features the Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus.

Northwestern College Athletics

The Northwestern College Red Raiders is a member of NAIA. Sports at Northwestern College include Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball; Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball; Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country; Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football; Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf; Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball; Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer; Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball; Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis; Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field; Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball; Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Wrestling.