Sifting through a college’s Common Data Set can take a lot of time. Instead, we’ve gathered the most important information from Northwestern’s most recent Common Data Set to provide you with the information you need, at a quick glance.

This guide contains key information from Northwestern’s Common Data Set 2020-2021.

Northwestern Common Data Set Quick Facts

Quick Facts

• Public vs. Private: Private
• Geographic Region: Great Lakes
• State: Illinois
• Student to Faculty Ratio: 6 to 1
• Full Time Undergraduates: 8,194

Merit Scholarships for Northwestern

• Percentage of students with no financial need who were awarded merit scholarships: 10%
• Average dollar amount of non-need based merit scholarships: N/A

Important Factors Considered For Admissions

Academic

• Rigor of secondary school record
• Class rank
• Academic GPA
• Standardized test scores

Non-academic

• N/A

Student Life Information

• Percentage of students from out-of-state: 73%
• Percentage of students who join sororities: 39%
• Percentage of students who join fraternities: 30%

Student Diversity

• Percentage of nonresident aliens: 10%
• Percentage of Hispanic/Latino: 13%
• Percentage of Black or African American, non-Hispanic: 6%
• Percentage of White, non-Hispanic: 41%
• Percentage of American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic: Less than 1%
• Percentage of Asian, non-Hispanic: 20%
• Percentage of Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic: Less than 1%
• Percentage of two or more races, non-Hispanic: 6%
• Percentage of unknown race and/or ethnicity: 3%

This information was gathered from the Northwestern Data Set 2020-2021. 

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