Northwestern College Teaching Programs

Located in Orange City, Iowa, Northwestern College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of NWC is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

Where Is Northwestern College?

Contact details for NWC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	101 Seventh St Sw, Orange City, IA 51041
Phone:	712-707-7000
Website:	www.nwciowa.edu

How Do I Get Into NWC?

You can apply to NWC online at: https://www.nwciowa.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for NWC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into NWC?

NWC has the high acceptance rate of 87%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 56% of accepted students are men and 44% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Can I Afford Northwestern College?

The overall average net price of NWC is $26,706. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At NWC, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $8,491 a year. That adds up to $33,964 over four years for those students.

Northwestern College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,053 undergraduate students at NWC, with 979 being full-time and 74 being part-time.

There are also 460 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 979 full-time undergraduates at NWC, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northwestern College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	13
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	806
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Northwestern College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 28 countries are represented at NWC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Brazil, and Nepal.

Online Learning at Northwestern College

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 15 master’s degree programs available online at NWC. In 2022-2023, 639 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NWC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of NWC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Educational Leadership & Administration	31%

Northwestern College Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	6	90	96
Early Childhood Education	15	0	33	48
Other Special Education & Teaching	0	38	0	38
Computer Teacher Education	0	38	0	38
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	0	28	0	28
Elementary Education	24	0	0	24
General Special Education	0	0	21	21
Secondary Education	10	0	0	10
History Education	0	4	0	4
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	2	0	0	2
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education	1	0	0	1
Music Education	1	0	0	1
Social Studies Education	1	0	0	1
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	0	0	0
English & Language Arts Education	0	0	0	0
Physics Education	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	54	114	144	312

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.