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  Northwestern College
101 Seventh St SW
Orange City, IA 51041
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Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Associate degree, Bachelor degree
Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Diverse Fields
Number of students: 1,342 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$25.00

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$21,648$18,296$17,260
Out of State$21,648$18,296$17,260
Books and Supplies$900$900$900
On-Campus
Room and board$6,302$5,210$4,914
Other Expenses$3,394$3,394$3,426
Off Campus
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Off Campus w/ family
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Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 37% $2,942
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 41% $3,818
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 100% $7,109
Loans to students 83% $4,232
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Associate degree
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Associate degree Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, word proc...

Bachelor degree
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Speech and Rhetorical Studies: A program that focuses on human interpersonal communication from the scientific/behavioral and humanistic perspectives. Includes instruction in the theory and physiology of speech, the history of discourse, the structure and analysis of argument and ...

Bachelor degree
Spanish Language and Literature
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and othe...

Bachelor degree
Sociology
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social chang...

Bachelor degree
Social Work
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Social Work: A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social...

Bachelor degree
Social Sciences
Other
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Social Sciences, Other: Any instructional program in social sciences not listed in the Social Sciences, General category.

Bachelor degree
Religious Education
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Religious Education: A program that focuses on the theory and practice of providing educational services to members of faith communities, within the context of a particular religion, and that prepares individuals to serve as religious educators. Includes instruction in planning an...

Bachelor degree
Religious + Sacred Music
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Religious + Sacred Music: A program that focuses on the history, theory, composition, and performance of music for religious or sacred purposes, and that prepares individuals for religious musical vocations such as choir directors, Cantors, organists, and chanters.

Bachelor degree
Religion + Religious Studies
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Religion + Religious Studies: A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; scriptu...

Bachelor degree
Psychology
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the var...

Bachelor degree
Political Science and Government
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, pu...

Bachelor degree
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Physical Education Teaching and Coaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach physical education programs and/or to coach sports at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Philosophy
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications t...

Bachelor degree
Music
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Music, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.

Bachelor degree
Music Teacher Education
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Music Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach music and music appreciation programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Mathematics
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mat...

Bachelor degree
Mathematics Teacher Education
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Mathematics Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach mathematics programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Kinesiology and Exercise Science: A scientific program that focuses on the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and biophysics of human movement, and applications to exercise and therapeutic rehabilitation. Includes instruction in biomechanics, motor behavior, motor development and ...

Bachelor degree
Information Science + Studies
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Information Science + Studies: A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage an...

Bachelor degree
Humanities + Humanistic Studies
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Humanities + Humanistic Studies: A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion.

Bachelor degree
History
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies o...

Bachelor degree
Health and Physical Education
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Health and Physical Education, General: A general program that focuses on activities and principles that promote physical fitness, achieve and maintain athletic prowess, and accomplish related research and service goals. Includes instruction in human movement studies, motivation s...

Bachelor degree
Environmental Studies
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Environmental Studies: A program that focuses on environment-related issues using scientific, social scientific, or humanistic approaches or a combination. Includes instruction in the basic principles of ecology and environmental science and related subjects such as policy, polit...

Bachelor degree
Environmental Biology
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Environmental Biology: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the origins, functions, relationships, interactions, and natural history of living populations, communities, species, and ecosystems in relation to dynamic environmental processes. Includes instruction in bio...

Bachelor degree
English Language and Literature
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Bachelor degree
English + Language Arts Teacher Education
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree English + Language Arts Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach English grammar, composition and literature programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Elementary Education and Teaching
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Elementary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subjec...

Bachelor degree
Economics
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro-...

Bachelor degree
Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Drama and Dramatics + Theatre Arts, General: A program that focuses on the general study of dramatic works and their performance. Includes instruction in major works of dramatic literature, dramatic styles and types, and the principles of organizing and producing full live or film...

Bachelor degree
Creative Writing
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Creative Writing: A program that focuses on the process and techniques of original composition in various literary forms such as the short story, poetry, the novel, and others. Includes instruction in technical and editorial skills, criticism, and the marketing of finished manuscr...

Bachelor degree
Computer Science
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Computer Science: A general program that focuses on computers, computing problems and solutions, and the design of computer systems and user interfaces from a scientific perspective. Includes instruction in the principles of computational science, and computing theory; computer har...

Bachelor degree
Communication Studies + Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Communication Studies + Speech Communication and Rhetoric: A program that focuses on the scientific, humanistic, and critical study of human communication in a variety of formats, media, and contexts. Includes instruction in the theory and practice of interpersonal, group, organiz...

Bachelor degree
Chemistry
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Chemistry, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.

Bachelor degree
Business Teacher Education
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Business Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach vocational business programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounti...

Bachelor degree
Biology Teacher Education
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Biology Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach biology programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Biology + Biological Sciences
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Biology + Biological Sciences, General: A general program of biology at the introductory, basic level or a program in biology or the biological sciences that is undifferentiated as to title or content. Includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biol...

Bachelor degree
Athletic Training + Trainer
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Athletic Training + Trainer: A program that prepares individuals to work in consultation with, and under the supervision of physicians to prevent and treat sports injuries and associated conditions. Includes instruction in the identification, evaluation, and treatment of athletic ...

Bachelor degree
Art + Art Studies
General
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Art + Art Studies, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of the visual arts. Includes instruction in art, photography, and other visual communications media.

Bachelor degree
Actuarial Science
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Actuarial Science: A program that focuses on the mathematical and statistical analysis of risk, and their applications to insurance and other business management problems. Includes instruction in forecasting theory, quantitative and non-quantitative risk measurement methodologies,...

Bachelor degree
Accounting
Northwestern College

General Description for:
Northwestern College Bachelor degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accountin...

 
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