National-Louis University — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach Regional

Location Chicago, IL

Population 7,500,000

Website http://www.nl.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)

Sunshine Hours 2,508 (33%)

Days Without Precipitation 241 (38%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,739

Men / Women 27% / 73%

From State 96%

From Region 3%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 46%

Black 24%

White 14%

International 10%

Asian 2%

Mixed 2%

Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
National-Louis University	929	19% / 81%	3%	$52,970	62	92%
Computer Science	63 —	81% / 19%	14%	$78,340	91	—
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	6 —	67% / 33%	33%	$42,179	32	92%
Maternal and Child Health	15 —	0% / 100%	0%	$55,602	67	—
Nursing	3 —	33% / 67%	0%	—	—	—
Business	— —	—	—	$45,332	42	—
Business Administration	116 —	34% / 66%	5%	$64,991	81	83%
Business Analytics	27 —	41% / 59%	0%	$78,659	91	92%
Health Administration	14 —	7% / 93%	0%	$70,000	85	90%
Hospitality Management	15 —	33% / 67%	33%	$46,724	46	90%
Human Services Administration	18 —	6% / 94%	0%	$51,845	59	93%
Management Information Systems	— —	—	—	$72,953	87	—
Marketing	8 —	12% / 88%	0%	—	—	—
Communication	20 —	35% / 65%	0%	$48,329	50	—
Health/Medical Psychology	— —	—	—	$53,849	64	—
Interdisciplinary Studies	52 —	8% / 92%	0%	$46,673	46	94%
Liberal Studies	20 —	5% / 95%	0%	$49,176	53	—
Psychology	63 —	14% / 86%	2%	$51,569	58	91%
Social Work	30 —	7% / 93%	0%	$53,584	63	90%
Child Care Management	29 —	0% / 100%	0%	$41,293	29	100%
Early Childhood Education	259 —	3% / 97%	0%	$45,554	42	92%
Early Childhood and Family Studies	36 —	3% / 97%	0%	$41,293	29	100%
Elementary Education	53 —	15% / 85%	0%	$45,554	42	92%
Secondary Education and Teaching	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	$45,554	42	92%
Teacher Education	31 —	6% / 94%	0%	$45,554	42	92%
Criminal Justice	9 —	22% / 78%	0%	—	—	—
Criminology	40 —	52% / 48%	0%	$55,438	67	100%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $13,419

ROI Percentile 62th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 50%

4-Year Graduation Rate 24%

6-Year Graduation Rate 30%

Transfer-Out Rate 17%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅	%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Education	44.1%	410	5% / 95%	0%	$44,878	40	94%
Business & Economics	21.3%	198	30% / 70%	6%	$64,615	80	86%
Humanities & Social Sciences	19.9%	185	12% / 88%	1%	$49,911	54	92%
Computer Science	6.8%	63	81% / 19%	14%	$78,340	91	—
Professional	5.3%	49	47% / 53%	0%	$55,438	67	100%
Health Sciences	1.9%	18	6% / 94%	0%	$55,602	67	—
Agriculture & Food Science	0.6%	6	67% / 33%	33%	$42,179	32	92%

Research

⇅	Research $	Rank	Federal	Industry $	PhDs	Rank	PhD students	Postdocs
Education	$3.8M	#128	53%	$0	72	#32	—	—
Humanities & Social Sciences	$0.2M	#444	97%	$0	17	#193	73	—
Agriculture & Food Science	$0	#318	—	$0	—	—	—	—
Business & Economics	$0	#456	—	$0	—	—	—	—
Computer Science	$0	#525	—	$0	—	—	—	—
Engineering	$0	#449	—	$0	—	—	—	—
Health Sciences	$0	#441	—	$0	—	—	—	—
Life & Natural Sciences	$0	#547	—	$0	—	—	—	—
Physical Sciences & Math	$0	#623	—	$0	—	—	—	—
Total	$4.0M	#410	56%	$0	89	#188	73	—

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 97%

Yield (Unbound) 17%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	97%	97%	97%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy blind

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.

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