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United States · Illinois
Northwestern University
Evanston · Graduate-degree institution · Private nonprofit
Verified application and program coverage
Northwestern first-year admission
Program coverage
- Indexed programmes
- 323
- Official programme listings
- 323
- Admission route coverage
- 106
- Convertible subject requirements
- 0
Application
- Platform
- Common Application or Coalition Application on Scoir
- Application fee
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$75
Details
$75 · fee waiver available
- Application scope
- Apply to an undergraduate school or programme
Deadlines
- Early Decision
- 1 November 2026 · binding
- Regular Decision
- 4 January 2027
- Late optional scores
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ED by 30 November 2026
Details
ED by 30 November 2026 · RD by 15 February 2027
Academic review and testing
- Academic preparation
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Holistic review of curriculum, transcript, writing, activities, honours and…
Details
Holistic review of curriculum, transcript, writing, activities, honours and recommendations
- SAT/ACT policy
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Test-optional
Details
Test-optional · SAT/ACT self-report accepted · official matching scores required after enrollment
- Fixed admission cutoff
- No GPA, IB, SAT or ACT score guarantees admission
Required application file
- School documents
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Secondary-school transcript and school report
Details
Secondary-school transcript and school report · counselor recommendation · teacher recommendation · Northwestern writing supplements
- Applicant writing
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Application essay plus university-specific questions unless the programme states…
Details
Application essay plus university-specific questions unless the programme states otherwise
International applicant
- English proficiency
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Required if English is not the first/primary language or secondary school was not…
Details
Required if English is not the first/primary language or secondary school was not in English · official TOEFL, IELTS or DET · no published minimum
- Financial aid
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Need-aware for international applicants requesting aid
Details
Need-aware for international applicants requesting aid · Northwestern states it meets demonstrated need for admitted aid recipients
- Credential language
- Official English translations are required when school records are not in English
Programme-specific notes
- English scores
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May not be self-reported;
Details
May not be self-reported; TOEFL MyBest is not reviewed
- Bienen Music
- Audition and programme-specific requirements apply
Federal benchmark · College Scorecard May 2025 release
- Institution admission rate
- 7.7%
- SAT reading middle range
- 730–770
- SAT maths middle range
- 760–790
- ACT composite middle range
- 33–35
- Published tuition
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USD 65,997
Details
USD 65,997 · Published tuition and fees
Strongest subjects
- Social sciences
- 17.0% of undergraduate degrees
- Communication and media
- 14.0% of undergraduate degrees
- Engineering
- 13.6% of undergraduate degrees
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 9.5% of undergraduate degrees
- Computer and information sciences
- 8.2% of undergraduate degrees
Students
- Undergraduate students
- 8,960
- International undergraduate share
- 10.3%
Tuition, financial aid and accommodation
- Published annual budget
- $87,804 · Annual on-campus academic-year budget
- In-state tuition per year
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$65,997
Details
$65,997 · Published tuition and fees
- Out-of-state tuition per year
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$65,997
Details
$65,997 · Published tuition and fees
- Accommodation and price
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$20,334
Details
$20,334 · Published room and board
- Average net price
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$27,143
Details
$27,143 · Average annual net price for Title IV students
- Pell Grant recipients
- 18.7%
- Federal-loan recipients
- 18.8%
Net price by family income
- Family income $0–30,000
- $1,243
- Family income $30,001–48,000
- $3,373
- Family income $48,001–75,000
- $6,485
- Family income $75,001–110,000
- $14,059
- Family income above $110,000
- $48,837
About Northwestern University
Northwestern University is located in Evanston, Illinois, United States. The surrounding setting is Small city.
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