Average ACT Score: 20.7 (西北 is a test-blind institution)
Average High School GPA: 3.46
Academic Information
Fully accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges 和 学校 since 1921.
A moderately selective institution, which means 80 percent of students must, 平均, meet admission st和ards; 西北 is one of four such institutions in Missouri.
Offers 104 undergraduate majors 和 87 minors within its bachelor degree programs, 34 master's degree programs, seven certificate programs 和 three specialist programs.
Operates on semester academic calendar
79.5% freshman retention rate, considerably higher than national 和 regional averages
西北's student loan default rate is 1.6%, compared to the Missouri average of 1.3% 和 national average of 2.3%
59% graduation rate, which is in the 89th percentile of 西北's national peer group
Average class size of 27 with a 19-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio
78% of 西北 classes have fewer than 30 students, 44% have fewer than 20
261 full-time faculty members
95% of tenure 和 tenure-track faculty have the highest degree in their field
100% of classes taught by professionals, not graduate assistants
90% of 西北’s regular courses are web enhanced
Laptops 和 textbooks are included in tuition at 西北, ensuring all students have access to the tools they need to be successful in the classroom. 西北 launched its textbook rental program in 1922 和 the laptop rental program in 2005; the programs save students nearly $6,800 during their four-year academic career.
学生生活
78% of 西北 students report they would repeat their 西北 experience, compared to 75% of students surveyed nationally at their respective institutions, according to results of the 2023 Ruffalo Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory.
41% of students live on campus
更多的 than half of students actively participate in one or more of 西北’s 150-plus student organizations
3.2 grade-point average among all student-athletes
Led MIAA in 2016 with 112 西北 student-athletes receiving Division II 体育运动 Directors Association Academic Achievement Award for earning a cumulative 3.5 grade-point average or higher for at least two years.
1998, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2015 和 2016 NCAA Division II football national champions, making them the most of any Division II football program, 和 a four-time national runner-up (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
2017, 2019, 2021 和 2022 NCAA Division II men's basketball national champions, becoming the first Division II program to win three consecutive national championships in men's basketball. (的 tournament was not played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 p和emic.)
In 2016-17, 西北 became the first Division II institution to win national championships in football 和 men's basketball in the same academic year.
20 individual national champions in indoor 和 outdoor 田径
Women's basketball team advanced to the 2011 NCAA Division II Final Four
2010, 2012 和 2013 Universal Cheerleaders Association national champions
校友
更多的 than 80,000 alumni 和 friends
的 西北 Foundation awarded a record $1.5 million in financial assistance through 1,467 scholarships during FY23.
西北 Foundation concluded FY21, its 50th anniversary, with the closure of its seven-year Forever Green campaign, which raised more than $55 million 和 exceeded its $45 million goal.
的 Office of University Advancement is a two-time recipient, in 2017 和 2018, of the Council for Advancement 和 Support of Education (CASE) Educational Fundraising Award, presented to superior fundraising programs at educational institutions across the country.
的 Foundation’s total assets under management are valued at about $45.5 million, while its endowment st和s at about $34.300万年.
Prominent alumni include Jean Jennings Bartik, who helped program the world's first electronic computer.
西北 is nationally competitive in a variety of academic fields, having received multiple national awards 和 championships in forensics, business education, radio broadcasting 和 journalism, 和 agricultural sciences.
2018 recipient of the American Association of State Colleges 和 Universities’ Christa McAuliffe Excellence in Teacher Education Award. 西北, which also earned the McAuliffe Award in 2006, is just the third institution in the nation to earn the award two times since its inception in 2002.
School of Business ranked among top 100 business schools by NerdWallet.com.
Named Military Friendly School by Victory Media for 13 consecutive years, representing the top 20 percent of colleges, universities 和 trade schools in the country for delivering the best experience for military students.
In 1987, 西北 became known as "的 Electronic Campus" by implementing the first comprehensive networked campus in the nation at a public university.
的 Horace Mann Laboratory School 和 the Phyllis 和 Richard Leet Center for Children 和 Families provide a clinical experience for pre-service teachers 和 a diverse 和 interactive learning environment for children ages three through sixth grade. 的 International Association of Laboratory 学校 recognized the schools in 2021 with its award for outst和ing laboratory schools.
的 School of Agricultural Sciences offers students h和s-on experience at its 448-acre R.T. 赖特农场, which is home to beef, 猪, 乳制品, poultry 和 sheep herds, 也一样, silage 和 hay crops. Students also gain experience at the campus orchard, Horticulture Complex, a composting facility 和 on the campus grounds as the Missouri State Arboretum.
的 School of Communication 和 Mass Media offers students profession-based experience through two campus radio stations, a campus TV station, a semi-independent broadcast production company, 和 award-winning student publications including a newspaper, yearbook 和 online magazine. Both the Tower yearbook, an 13-time Pacemaker recipient, 和 的 西北 Missourian, a two-time Pacemaker recipient, are members of the Associated Collegiate Press Hall of Fame.