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Northwestern University
633 Clark St
Evanston, IL 60208		 General information
 (312) 491-3741

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: Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificates, Bachelor degrees, Masters degrees, Certificates/Post-Master's Certificates, Doctor's degrees, First-Professional degrees
Carnegie classification: Research Universities (very high research activity)
Number of students: 19,005 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:$ 65

Mission
Northwestern University is committed to excellent teaching, innovative research, and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community.
 
About this School
Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university, located in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois. Northwestern's main campus is a 240-acre (970,000 m²) parcel in Evanston, along the shore of Lake Michigan. Several of Northwestern's professional schools are located in Chicago, on a 25-acre (101,000 m²) campus near the Magnificent Mile. As of 2005, Northwestern's endowment and other trust funds total approximately $4.92 billion. Northwestern University enrolls approximately 15,000 full-time students (including approximately 8,000 undergraduates) and employs nearly 7,100 faculty and staff members. Northwestern's student newspaper is The Daily Northwestern, its student radio station is WNUR and its student television news network is NNN. It is a member of the Big Ten Conference for college athletics. The official school color is purple.
 
History
Founded in 1851 by Methodists from Chicago (including John Evans, after whom Evanston is named), Northwestern opened in 1855 with two faculty members and ten students. The University's name, Northwestern, came from its founders' desire to serve citizens of the states that occupied the area of the former Northwest Territory: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The phrase on Northwestern's seal is Quaecumque sunt vera -- in Latin, "Whatsoever things are true" from Philippians 4:8. Inscribed on the pages of the open book is a Greek phrase transliterated as ho logos pleres charitos kai aletheias, which means "The Word... full of grace and truth." This phrase was added to the seal along with the Latin motto and comes from the Gospel of John (1:14): "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we behold His glory, and the glory was of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." Like the Latin motto, this Greek phrase not only expresses the ethical and moral values the University's founders wished to promote but also is a reminder of the roots of the University in the Methodist Church. Northwestern's founding charter granted the school a permanent exemption from paying property taxes. For this reason, Northwestern has often endured a difficult relationship with Evanston's government. Tensions have arisen regarding building codes, law enforcement, and politics. Recently, factions of Evanston's government have attempted to divide Northwestern's campus into several different wards, so as to reduce students' voting potency. During the 1930s, Northwestern nearly merged with academic rival, the University of Chicago. In 1933, Northwestern president Scott and Chicago president Hutchins concluded that in order to secure the future of both universities, it was in the best interest of both to merge as the Universities of Chicago, with Northwestern's Evanston campus serving undergraduates, Northwestern's Chicago campus serving professionals, and Chicago's Hyde Park campus serving postgraduates. What Scott and Hutchins initially envisioned as the preeminent university in the world was eventually extinguished by Northwestern's boards of trustees, a result that Hutchins called "one of the lost opportunities of American education." The Chicago Transit Authority's elevated train running through Evanston is called the Purple Line, inheriting its name from Northwestern's school color. Although the majority of the campus sits two to four city blocks from the Purple Line, the Foster station is within walking distance of the southern end of the campus, while the Noyes station is close to the northern end of the campus. The Central station is close to Ryan Field, Northwestern's football stadium. Northwestern's professional schools and hospital in downtown Chicago are about four blocks east of the Chicago stop on the CTA Red Line.
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2009-20082008-20072007-2006
In-State$ 37,125$ 35,429$ 33,567
Out of State$ 37,125$ 35,429$ 33,567
Books and Supplies$ 1,626$ 1,548$ 1,488
On-Campus
Room and board$ 11,295$ 10,776$ 10,266
Other Expenses$ 2,074$ 2,026$ 2,127
Off Campus
Room and board$ 11,295$ 10,776$ 10,266
Other Expenses$ 2,658$ 2,610$ 2,685
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$ 2,658$ 2,610$ 2,685

Financial aid 2006-2007

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) 9% $ 7,532
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 6% $ 4,816
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 49% $ 20,072
Loans to students 37% $ 4,629
 
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