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Northwestern University

Northwestern University
633 Clark Street
Evanston, IL 60208

Official telephone: (847) 491-3741
Website: https://www.northwestern.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 8,499
Full-time undergraduates: 8,351
Part-time undergraduates: 143
Total graduate students: 14,095
Full-time graduate students: 10,381
Part-time graduate students: 3,714
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
20.5% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.1% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
13.9% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
39.4% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.7% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
10.2% Nonresident Alien
3.2% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 250 acres
Nearest major city: Chicago

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
Percent of students who live in school housing: 95%
Percent of students who live off campus: 45%

STUDY FACILITIES
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's fencingyes 
Women's fencing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: O'Hare International

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