- The Inkwell
- Washington
- Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education
Kirkland, WASuburb: largeZIP 98033Founded 1934
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1934
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.northwestu.edu
WashingtonReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education
Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is a private nonprofit university in Kirkland, Washington, with 405 undergraduates. It graduates 36% within six years and costs $31,325 a year after aid.
36%graduate
Retention50%
4-year graduation23%
Pell Grant share18%
Federal loans18%
$31,325net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
36%graduate in 6 years
$61,237median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,500median debt
#723 of 1,704 for earnings#1,491 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,432 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $37,710tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $15,561
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $15,561
- Average net price
- $31,325national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$27,539
$30,001–48,000$30,740
$48,001–75,000$27,044
$75,001–110,000$36,122
$110,001+$37,282
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college50%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college36%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college18%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 36%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 23%
- First-year retention
- 50%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 42%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,739
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $61,237middle 50%: $35,057–$92,570
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$92,570
Median, Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education$61,237
Lower quarter$35,057
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
- 405
- Part-time
- 45%
- Women / men
- 57% / 43%
- Average age at entry
- 25.2
- First-generation students
- 36%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 18%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 27 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- —
- Instructional spending per student
- $3,884
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White58%
Hispanic13%
Black9.4%
Asian2.2%
Two or more races8.9%
U.S. nonresident0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2.2%
Unknown5.4%
6 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations37%
Business & management30%
Psychology23%
Liberal arts & humanities7.6%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies1.1%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting1.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 487603. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7060260.