Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
7.7%
3,806 admitted
SAT · 50th
1540
Range 1510–1560
6-yr grad
95.0%
Retention 98.0%
Undergrads
9,060
6:1 S-F
Admissions
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7.7%
3,806 admitted
from 49,474 apps
Applications49,474
Overall admit rate7.7%
Enrolled2,105 · 55.3% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Class rank, Extracurriculars, Recs, Rigor of HS record, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1540
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1510–1560 · 46.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W740760770
Math770780800
Comp151015401560
ACT
255075
Comp343435
Cost & aid
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$69,375
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$69,375
Fees$1,214
Room & board$21,975
Books$1,539
Avg need-based grant$65,769
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$32,540
Academics
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6 : 1
student-faculty ratio
98.0% retention
Student-faculty6 : 1
Retention98.0%
4-year graduation83.0%
6-year graduation95.0%
Enrollment
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9,060
undergraduates
76.0% out-of-state · 275 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates9,060
First-year2,105
Transfer277
Full-time98%
Female54%
Out-of-state76.0%
International (freshmen)275
Rankings
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#4
U.S. News & World Report
Best Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Materials (Doctorate)
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Materials (Doctorate)#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Industrial/Manufacturing (Doctorate)#526
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#1626
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#1726
NicheBest Colleges in America#2226
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#2526
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceBig Ten Conference16
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingIllinois colleges13
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/1 → May 1st
Early decision11/1 → 12/15 · binding
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
Admissions URLhttps://admissions.northwestern.edu/appl…
Admissions emailug-admission@northwestern.edu
Admissions phone847-491-7271
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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University of Chic…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of Chicago IL · Private (nonprofit)4.5%15407K
Duke University NC · Private (nonprofit)5.2%15506K
Columbia University NY · Private (nonprofit)3.9%15409K
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
Harvard University MA · Private (nonprofit)4.2%——
University of Pennsylvania PA · Private (nonprofit)4.9%—10K
Vanderbilt University TN · Private (nonprofit)5.4%15307K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Northwestern University

25 years of Northwestern University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.