- The Inkwell
- Michigan
- Northwood University
Midland, MICity: smallZIP 48640Founded 1959
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1959
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: business & management
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- www.northwood.edu
MichiganPrivate nonprofit
Northwood University
Northwood University is a private nonprofit university in Midland, Michigan, with 1,974 undergraduates. It admits 64% of applicants, graduates 64% within six years and costs $25,908 a year after aid.
64%graduate
Admission rate64%
Retention79%
4-year graduation54%
Pell Grant share32%
Federal loans46%
$25,908net price / year
64%admission rate
—average SAT
64%graduate in 6 years
$68,112median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#449 of 1,704 for earnings#1,281 of 1,739 for lowest net price#533 of 1,738 for graduation rate#450 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
- $50,610tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $35,900
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $35,900
- Average net price
- $25,908national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$21,142
$30,001–48,000$25,075
$48,001–75,000$28,512
$75,001–110,000$20,168
$110,001+$29,197
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 64%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college64%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college79%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college64%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college32%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 64%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 54%
- First-year retention
- 79%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 65%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $61,930
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $68,112middle 50%: $45,472–$97,231
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$97,231
Median, Northwood University$68,112
Lower quarter$45,472
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
- 1,974
- Part-time
- 32%
- Women / men
- 37% / 63%
- Average age at entry
- 26.8
- First-generation students
- 40%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 32%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 22%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,840 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,560
- Endowment, end of year
- $122,890,733
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White72%
Hispanic7.6%
Black8.8%
Asian1.1%
Two or more races2.9%
U.S. nonresident2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown4.6%
6 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management87%
Computer & information sciences4.3%
Parks, recreation & fitness3.9%
Communication & journalism2.2%
Health professions2.2%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting0.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 171492. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7060498.