| Screen last updated on: January 2010 |
| Total undergraduates: |
8,476 |
| Full-time undergraduates: |
8,273 |
| Part-time undergraduates: |
203 |
| Total graduate students: |
8,456 |
| Full-time graduate students: |
6,269 |
| Part-time graduate students: |
2,187 |
| Average age of full-time undergraduates: |
21 |
| U.S. region where majority of students come from: |
Midwest |
| Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: |
75% |
| First-year student breakdown: |
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| 4.2% | Black (non-Hispanic) |
| 0.2% | American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 21.3% | Asian or Pacific Islander |
| 7.1% | Hispanic |
| 55.6% | White (non-Hispanic) |
| 6.1% | total international (nonresident aliens) |
| 5.5% | race/ethnicity unreported/unknown |
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| Undergraduate breakdown: |
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| 5.5% | Black (non-Hispanic) |
| 0.1% | American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 18.4% | Asian or Pacific Islander |
| 6.7% | Hispanic |
| 57.9% | White (non-Hispanic) |
| 5.4% | total international (nonresident aliens) |
| 6.0% | race/ethnicity unreported/unknown |
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| Campus size: |
231 acres |
| City or town school is located in: |
Evanston, Illinois |
| Population of city/town: |
74,000 |
| Locations of branch/satellite campuses: |
Medical and Law Schools in Chicago |
| Nearest major city: |
Chicago |
| Distance of nearest major city: |
12 miles |
| Population of nearest major city: |
2,900,000 |
| Online campus map: |
aquavite.northwestern.edu/
maps/
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| Institution offers housing: |
yes |
| Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: |
No. Housing gauranteed for Freshman year only. |
| Housing types (% in housing type, if given): |
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- coed dorms
- women's dorms
- men's dorms
- sorority housing
- fraternity housing
- other housing including Thematic Residential Colleges.
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| Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: |
99% |
| Percent of students who live in school housing: |
65% |
| Percent of students who live off campus: |
35% |
| Student conduct policies: |
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hazing prohibited |
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| Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: |
yes |
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| Every student is required to lease or own a computer: |
no |
| Every student is required to take a computer course: |
no |
| Computer equipment is provided in: |
residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s), student center |
| Total number of microcomputers available to students: |
725 |
| Internet access provided to all students: |
yes |
| E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: |
yes |
| School has a library on campus: |
yes |
| Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus: |
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Art museum, concert hall, observatory, health care life sciences pavilion, center for nano-fabrication and molecular self-assembly, engineering design center. |
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| Additional services offered: |
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nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, women's center, health insurance |
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| Counseling services: |
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minority student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious |
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| Career placement services: |
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internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training |
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| Services for students with disabilities: |
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note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special transportation, special housing, adaptive equipment, braille services, real-time captioning, voice dictation and screen-reading software |
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| Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: |
fully |
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| Number of social fraternities on campus: |
23 |
| Number of fraternities that have chapter houses: |
17 |
| Percent of men who join fraternities: |
32% |
| Number of social sororities on campus: |
19 |
| Number of sororities that have chapter houses: |
12 |
| Percent of women who join sororities: |
38% |
| Student activities: |
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student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station, television station |
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| School newspaper(s): |
The Daily Northwestern, published daily |
| Number of honor societies: |
1 |
| Total number of registered organizations: |
415 |
| Campus-based religious organizations: |
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Many religious student organizations |
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| Minority student organizations: |
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There are student organizations for almost all ethnicities |
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| Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees: |
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Music, academic, service, and special-interest groups. |
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| School has an athletic program: |
yes |
| Athletic director: |
Jim Phillips,
Athletic Director |
| Director of women's athletics: |
Noreen Morris,
Associate A.D |
| Athletic department's mailing address: |
Northwestern University
Mark Murphy Athletic Director
1501 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60208 |
| School colors: |
purple and white |
| School mascot: |
Wildcats |
| Athletic conference memberships: |
American Lacrosse Conference (Division I, Women's Lacrosse only), Big Ten Conference (Division I, Football I-A);Midwest Conference (Division III) |
| Sports offered |
Scholarships? |
Athletic Assoc. |
| Men's baseball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's basketball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's football | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's golf | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's soccer | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's swimming | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's tennis | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Men's wrestling | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's basketball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's cross-country | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's fencing | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's field hockey | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's golf | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's lacrosse | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's soccer | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's softball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's swimming | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's tennis | yes | NCAA Div. I |
| Women's volleyball | yes | NCAA Div. I |
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| Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: |
15% |
| Athletic facilities: |
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athletic field, aquatics center, tennis center, gymnasium, recreational building, sailing center,sports pavillion |
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| Intramural/Recreational sports: |
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basketball, football, ice hockey, soccer, softball, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball |
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| Club sports for men: |
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baseball, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, waterpolo |
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| Club sports for women: |
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basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, synchronized skating, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball |
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| Public transportation serves campus: |
yes |
| Nearest international airport: |
Chicago (17 miles) |
| Nearest other airport: |
Chicago (28 miles) |
| Nearest passenger train service: |
Chicago (12 miles) |
| Nearest passenger bus service: |
Chicago (12 miles) |
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| Institutional employment is available: |
yes |
| Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: |
45% |
| Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: |
excellent |
| Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: |
no |
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| Percent of graduates who pursue further study: |
23% within one year of graduation |
| List of most prominent alumni/ae: |
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- John Paul Stevens, US Supreme Court Justice
- Mary Zimmerman, MacArthur Fellowship Recipient, Tony Award-winning Director, and Northwestern Professor of Performance Studies, Stephen Colbert, Actor and Comedian
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