College · Private nonprofit · Kirkland, WA · Suburb
Northwest University
Kirkland, WA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate83%
6-yr median pay$50k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size645
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $50k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 83% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1150 · ACT 28.
If you get in
645 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $51k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$202k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$89k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$113k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $36.0k
- Room & board
- $11.2k
- Books & supplies
- $528
How students pay for it.
Pell grants25%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans55%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention79%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr71%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$50k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$55k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 645
- Location
- Kirkland, WA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White59%
- Hispanic13%
- Two or more races8%
- Black6%
- International6%
- Asian5%
- Unknown3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students36%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$47k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 34
What you can study.