- The Inkwell
- Illinois
- National Louis University
Chicago, ILCity: largeZIP 60603Founded 1886
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1886
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.nl.edu
IllinoisPrivate nonprofit
National Louis University
National Louis University is a private nonprofit university in Chicago, Illinois, with 4,406 undergraduates. It admits 95% of applicants, graduates 32% within six years and costs $10,364 a year after aid.
32%graduate
Admission rate95%
Retention50%
4-year graduation23%
Pell Grant share59%
Federal loans28%
$10,364net price / year
95%admission rate
—average SAT
32%graduate in 6 years
$52,883median earnings, 10 yrs
$15,708median debt
#1,123 of 1,704 for earnings#199 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,515 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,352 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $21,785tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $13,020
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $13,020
- Average net price
- $10,364national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$10,179
$30,001–48,000$9,047
$48,001–75,000$9,462
$75,001–110,000$13,108
$110,001+$20,053
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 95%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college95%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college50%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college32%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college59%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 32%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 23%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 46%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $47,521
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $52,883middle 50%: $33,938–$72,913
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,708
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$72,913
Median, National Louis University$52,883
Lower quarter$33,938
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 4,406
- Part-time
- 35%
- Women / men
- 75% / 25%
- Average age at entry
- 30.2
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 59%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 98%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,891 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,908
- Endowment, end of year
- $73,182,745
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White14%
Hispanic50%
Black22%
Asian2.1%
Two or more races1.8%
U.S. nonresident6.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown3.6%
12 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Education27%
Health professions17%
Business & management13%
Personal & culinary services11%
Psychology6.0%
Computer & information sciences5.9%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies5.7%
Family & consumer sciences5.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 147536. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6974219.