Northwestern University
Basic Information
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
8,960
Men / Women
46% / 54%
White
37%
Asian
19%
Hispanic
12%
International
12%
Black
7%
Mixed
6%
Native American
0%
Academics
Undergraduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math
31%
Life & Natural Sciences
14%
Arts
12%
Business & Economics
12%
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$69,375
Est. Cost of Attendance
$91,250
10-Year ROI
$289,000
ROI Percentile
97th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
98%
4-Year Graduation Rate
83%
6-Year Graduation Rate
95%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Weather
Comfortable Days
105 (50th pctl)
Sunshine Hours
2,508 (33th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation
241 (38th pctl)
Muggyness
Nice
Admissions
Acceptance Rate
7%
Yield (Unbound)
35%
Early Decision
Nov 1
Regular Decision
Jan 3
Research
Research Level
R1
Expenditure
| Life & Natural Sciences | $1,015M | #22 |
| Engineering, Computing & Math | $139M | #46 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | $29M | #58 |
Graduate Degrees
| Engineering, Computing & Math | 180 | #26 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 467 | #28 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 422 | #65 |
Honors College
Standardized Tests
Test Scores
Test Policy
test_optional
Submitted Test Scores
69%
SAT Range
1,510
–
1,570
ACT Range
33
–
35
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bienen School of Music | 83 | 51% / 49% | 1% | $48,822 | |
| Jazz/Jazz Studies | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | $48,822 | |
| Keyboard Instruments | 6 — | 67% / 33% | 17% | $48,822 | |
| Music | 14 +18 | 71% / 29% | 0% | $48,822 | |
| Music Composition | 3 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $48,822 | |
| Music Education | 7 +2 | 43% / 57% | 0% | — | |
| Music Performance | 25 +2 | 52% / 48% | 0% | $48,822 | |
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $48,822 | |
| Stringed Instruments | 14 — | 36% / 64% | 0% | $48,822 | |
| Voice and Opera | 12 +3 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $48,822 |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science | 348 | 60% / 40% | 15% | $124,886 | |
| Biomedical Engineering | 65 — | 43% / 57% | 11% | $131,231 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 28 — | 57% / 43% | 25% | $121,374 | |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | 21 — | 62% / 38% | 14% | — | |
| Computer Engineering | 21 — | 76% / 24% | 19% | $140,300 | |
| Electrical Engineering | 21 — | 76% / 24% | 10% | — | |
| Engineering | 3 — | 67% / 33% | 67% | — | |
| Environmental Engineering | 10 — | 40% / 60% | 0% | — | |
| Industrial Engineering | 65 — | 68% / 32% | 17% | $138,693 | |
| Manufacturing and Design Engineering | 16 — | 38% / 62% | 12% | — | |
| Materials Engineering | 19 — | 53% / 47% | 32% | — | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 78 — | 68% / 32% | 10% | $105,206 | |
| Materials Science | 1 +2 | 0% / 100% | 100% | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications | 165 | 28% / 72% | 5% | $51,375 | |
| Journalism | 165 — | 28% / 72% | 5% | $51,375 |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School of Communication | 251 | 28% / 72% | 7% | $65,694 | |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders | 12 — | 25% / 75% | 0% | $70,833 | |
| Communication Studies | 77 — | 19% / 81% | 12% | $98,334 | |
| Dance | 3 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | |
| Performance Studies | 91 — | 35% / 65% | 3% | $48,100 | |
| Radio, Television, and Film | 68 — | 31% / 69% | 9% | $51,375 |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School of Education and Social Policy | 139 | 36% / 64% | 3% | $100,001 | |
| Learning and Organizational Change | 13 — | 38% / 62% | 0% | — | |
| Human Development and Social Policy | 19 — | 21% / 79% | 0% | — | |
| Public Policy Analysis | 40 — | 20% / 80% | 2% | $62,591 | |
| Social Policy | 61 — | 51% / 49% | 5% | $124,533 | |
| Learning Sciences | 4 — | 25% / 75% | 0% | — | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | 5yr Earn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences | 1,173 | 48% / 52% | 11% | $110,472 | |
| Applied Mathematics | 11 — | 36% / 64% | 18% | — | |
| Computer Science | 120 — | 77% / 23% | 17% | $157,714 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences | |||||
| Data Science | 21 +33 | 29% / 71% | 19% | — | |
| Data Science and Society | 110 +17 | 63% / 37% | 9% | $141,136 | |
| Mathematics | 25 +32 | 72% / 28% | 24% | $120,718 | |
| Physics and Astronomy | 17 +2 | 65% / 35% | 18% | — | |
| Statistics | 19 +20 | 47% / 53% | 16% | — | |
| Biological Sciences | 137 +21 | 34% / 66% | 6% | $76,781 | |
| Chemistry | 14 +2 | 50% / 50% | 14% | $163,104 | |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 +1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | — | |
| Environmental Sciences | 16 +8 | 38% / 62% | 6% | — | |
| Neuroscience | 110 +16 | 31% / 69% | 5% | — | |
| Economics | 3 — | 67% / 33% | 0% | $126,908 | |
| Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences | 238 +63 | 61% / 39% | 16% | $126,908 | |
| African-American/Black Studies | 1 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | |
| American Studies | 3 +4 | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | |
| Anthropology | 11 +3 | 18% / 82% | 9% | — | |
| Asian American Studies | 1 +2 | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | |
| Classical Languages | 1 +5 | 100% / 0% | 0% | — | |
| Cognitive Science | 32 +18 | 31% / 69% | 16% | $84,856 | |
| Comparative Literature | 2 +5 | 100% / 0% | 0% | — | |
| Creative Writing | |||||
| English | 22 +24 | 18% / 82% | 0% | $61,760 | |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | 2 +6 | 50% / 50% | 0% | — | |
| French | 3 +4 | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | |
| German | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | |
| History | 24 +29 | 58% / 42% | 8% | $70,943 | |
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $94,412 | |
| Integrated Science | 5 — | 40% / 60% | 20% | — | |
| Latina and Latino Studies | 4 — | 50% / 50% | 25% | — | |
| Legal Studies | 5 +8 | 20% / 80% | 0% | — | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 2 +4 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $94,412 | |
| Linguistics | 6 +3 | 67% / 33% | 17% | — | |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | — | |
| Philosophy | 9 +4 | 67% / 33% | 0% | — | |
| Political Science | 68 +35 | 50% / 50% | 4% | $76,897 | |
| Psychology | |||||
| Psychology | 93 +62 | 24% / 76% | 9% | $71,947 | |
| Religious Studies | 1 +3 | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | |
| Slavic Languages | 1 +1 | 100% / 0% | 0% | — | |
| Social Sciences | 8 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | |
| Sociology | 12 +8 | 33% / 67% | 0% | $58,319 | |
| Spanish | 3 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | |
| Art History | 6 +4 | 17% / 83% | 0% | — | |
| Art Theory and Practice | 1 +5 | 0% / 100% | 0% | — |
Rankings
Academics
Future Patagonia Vest Owners
Top Investment Banking Feeders
Will Network for a Superday
Future Ambulance Chasers
Top Law School Feeders
Future SCOTUS Clerks
Can't Hide Behind Your GPA
SAT-required, Highest Medians
Above Average in High School is Not Enough
College Costs
We Marked It Up Just to Put It on Sale
Highest List Price
Luxury Good
Prestige
Grandma Eyebrow Raisers
Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Is Everyone an Ivy+ Now?
Someone Like Me
Places, Please!
Theater Participation
Theater Kid Generation
My Tribe
Call Your Mother!
Most Jewish
Significant Community
Engineering, Computing & Math
Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better.
Artificial Intelligence
Soon Jumping on the AI Bandwagon...
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer
Computer Science
AI Hype Riders & Lab Rats
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite
Physics & Astronomy
Particle Accelerators
No Words Allowed
Pure Mathematics
Equation Elegance
Pre-Med Hidding in Plain Sight
Biomedical Engineering
Cutting Edge
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes
Chemical Engineering
Polymer Whisperers & Battery Bros
Playing House
Civil Engineering
Bridge Builders
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression
Computer Engineering
What's a Solder?
Resistance Is Not Futile
Electrical Engineering
Ohm My God
Regular Engineering Just Wasn't Hurting My Brain Enough
Engineering Physics
Too Nerdy for the Engineers, Too Practical for the Physicists
Making Spreadsheets Go Brrrr
Industrial & Systems Engineering
The Suits
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes.
Materials Engineering
Atomic Architects
WD-40 & Duct Tape
Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Whiteboard-preferred
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
The Double Helix
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
Rocks and Whales
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Fossil Hunters
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Carbon Neutral
Memorizing 206 Bones
Human Biology
The Cadaver Club
Lord of the Petri Dish
Microbiology & Immunology
Pathogen Punishers
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed
Molecular Biology & Genomics
Sequencing Squad
Action Potentials
Neuroscience
Pre-Meds in Disguise
Talk About a Career
Phonoaudiology
Voice Coaches Plus
Jocks R'US
Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
The Training Room
Business & Economics
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
We Don't Actually Offer Undergrad Business
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
Just-In-Time Jugglers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
The "Chicago Boys" Free Market Fan Club
Move Fast, Break Tuition
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Future Founders
Wolf of Wall Street Prep
Finance
Wait, I Majored in Econ?
Tik-Tok Generation
Marketing
Brand Builders
Hard Hats & PowerPoints Power Rankings
Technical Management
They Built An Entire School Around This Major
Humanities & Social Sciences
Professional Yapping
Communication & Journalism
The "Our Alumni Control the Media" Mafia
Much Ado About Nothing
English, Literature & Writing
Bookworm Elite
Smashing the Patriarchy 101
Gender Studies
Discourse Disruptors
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
Campaign Trail
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary)
History & Archaeology
Primary Source Hunters
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group
Philosophy & Ethics
Late Night Debaters
I Want To Understand Myself
Psychology
DSM Superfans
Decolonizing the Curriculum
Regional & Ethnic Studies
Cultural Cartographers
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
The Deconstructors
Grammar Police Academy
World Languages & Linguistics
Grammar Nerds
Education
Surviving PTA Karens
General Education
Classroom Ready
Show Your Work, Then Teach It
STEM Education
Math Whisperers
Arts
Explaining Splatters to Rich People
Art History & Management
Arts Admin Powerhouses
Lights, Camera, Tuition
Film
Hollywood Pipeline
Eight Hours of Scales
Music
Recital Royalty
Theatre Kid Generation
Performing Arts
Standing Ovation