Northwestern University offers 8% of incoming freshmen merit aid. The average merit aid award is $4,964. Northwestern University is a private college located in Evanston, Illinois. Its student population is 22,127. It is a four-year, large, primarily residential campus. It has an acceptance rate of 8%. Northwestern University 4 year graduation rate is 84% .
FRESHMAN W/O NEED, RECEIVING MERIT AID
$4,964
AVG. MERIT AID AWARD
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Colleges with Similar Merit Aid Award Percentages and Award Amounts
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Merit Match ![]() |
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Northwestern University | $78,599 | 8% | $4,964 | 8% | |
New York University | $76,612 | 7% | $5,040 | 20% | |
University Of Wisconsin Madison | $25,973 | 12% | $5,039 | 52% | |
West Chester University Of Pennsylvania | $35,422 | 9% | $4,894 | 74% |
Colleges in Great Lakes Region with similar merit aid awards levels
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | |
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Northwestern University | $78,599 | 8% | $4,964 | 8% | |
University Of Wisconsin Green Bay | $26,487 | 13% | $1,379 | 79% | |
University Of Notre Dame | $74,193 | 4% | $21,626 | 18% | |
Northeastern Illinois University | $44,518 | 7% | $2,081 | 56% | |
Governors State University | $40,887 | 9% | $2,250 | 38% | |
University Of Wisconsin Madison | $25,973 | 12% | $5,039 | 52% |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and median earnings of alumni after 10 years
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 10 Year Salary ![]() |
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Northwestern University | 8 | $115,400 |
Columbia University In The City Of New York | 6 | $126,800 |
Cooper Union For The Advancement Of Science And Art | 16 | $126,200 |
Claremont Mckenna College | 9 | $125,400 |
Swarthmore College | 9 | $123,200 |
Georgetown University | 15 | $122,200 |
University Of Southern California | 13 | $120,600 |
Vanderbilt University | 10 | $119,100 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and cost of attendance
College | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Attendance Cost ![]() |
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Northwestern University | 8 | $78,599 |
Vanderbilt University | 10 | $73,148 |
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | 7 | $73,160 |
Colorado College | 15 | $73,600 |
Claremont Mckenna College | 9 | $73,775 |
Bowdoin College | 10 | $73,800 |
Harvard University | 5 | $73,800 |
Colby College | 13 | $74,100 |
University Of Southern California | 13 | $74,111 |
Middlebury College | 17 | $74,248 |
Carnegie Mellon University | 17 | $74,491 |
California Institute Of Technology | 7 | $74,763 |
Pomona College | 8 | $75,080 |
Johns Hopkins University | 11 | $75,198 |
Cornell University | 11 | $75,243 |
Stanford University | 4 | $75,470 |
Williams College | 13 | $75,520 |
Wesleyan University | 17 | $75,693 |
Pitzer College | 13 | $75,850 |
Tulane University Of Louisiana | 17 | $75,884 |
Tufts University | 15 | $76,200 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and similar 4 year graduation rates
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 4 year graduation ![]() |
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Northwestern University | 8 | 84% |
Dartmouth College | 9 | 88% |
Columbia University In The City Of New York | 6 | 88% |
Washington University In St Louis | 15 | 88% |
University Of Chicago | 7 | 88% |
Duke University | 9 | 88% |
Johns Hopkins University | 11 | 87% |
Yale University | 6 | 87% |
Barnard College | 14 | 87% |
Tufts University | 15 | 87% |
Vanderbilt University | 10 | 86% |
Middlebury College | 17 | 86% |
University Of Pennsylvania | 8 | 86% |
Collegeamerica Phoenix | n/a * | 86% |
Harvey Mudd College | 14 | 86% |
Williams College | 13 | 86% |
Brown University | 8 | 86% |
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | 7 | 85% |
Cornell University | 11 | 85% |
Wesleyan University | 17 | 85% |
Claremont Mckenna College | 9 | 84% |
Comparing merit aid in colleges with similar acceptance rates.
Name | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() |
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Northwestern University | 8% | $4,964 |
California Institute Of Technology | 1% | $5,000 |
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