9月. 20, 2023
威尼斯人在线’s total headcount this fall is 9,664名学生, making it the highest in the institution’s 118-year history, 根据大学的秋季人口普查统计.
总数，代表一个13.比一年前增长了6%, marks the sixth consecutive fall that Northwest achieved overall growth 和 the fourth consecutive year that its headcount set a new institutional high. The University’s headcount since 2018 has grown by 40.9%.
The record-breaking headcount is again propelled by increases in 双重信用 学生人数增加了67人.1%; 研究生 学生人数增加了27人.2 percent; 和 国际 学生人数增加了21人.4%. 此外, 在线 西北航空公司的员工增加了15人.9%.
威尼斯人在线的研究生人数为4人,065，国际学生人数1人,038 also are the highest in the institution’s history within those enrollment sectors.
While focused on maintaining a balanced enrollment portfolio, Northwest’s overall under研究生 headcount at the University is up 5.今年秋天5%. Within that sector, the number of first-time freshmen enrolled at the University is down 5.5 percent 和 first-time transfer student headcount is up 1.3%.
“作为一个学费驱动的机构, growing our enrollments across a balanced enrollment portfolio is a priority for the University, 和 this year’s record census represents the hard work of everyone at 威尼斯人在线,” Dr. 协会主席兰斯·塔图姆(Lance Tatum)说. “The challenge continues to be growing our on-ground under研究生 population, but I am encouraged by the changes we have made in our scholarship model 和 the continued push to think strategically about recruiting 和 retention activities. I am proud that we are shining bright among our peers in the state, 和 we will continue pushing ourselves to grow 和 evolve Northwest for the next generation of learners.”
Northwest students participate in a humanities 和 social sciences course. (Photo by Ch和u Ravi Krishna/ 威尼斯人在线)
Northwest places a high emphasis on profession-based learning to help 研究生s get a jump-start on their careers while maintaining competitively low 学费利率 和慷慨 金融援助 to help minimize the financial barriers students may face when pursuing a college degree.
Northwest's emphasis on profession-based education prepares students for success in launching their careers or continuing their education. (Photo by Lauren Adams/威尼斯人在线)
With more than 150 student organizations on the Northwest campus, 学生有机会建立人际关系网, 获得领导技能, build creative skills 和 enhance their University experience. (Todd Weddle/威尼斯人在线)
By offering Northwest students with opportunities to build their résumés through profession-based experiences in nearly every area of study, the University’s placement rates indicate that 97 percent of bachelor’s degree earners 和 99% of master’s degree secure employment or continue their education within six months of graduation, 根据 大学的最新数据. Northwest’s graduation rate is in the 95th percentile among its peers.
就价值而言，西北 includes textbooks 和 a laptop in its tuition costs，这是 是全国最低的, saving students an estimated $6,800 during a span of four years. 威尼斯人在线也提供1,200个学生就业岗位, allowing students to earn money while building professional skills through the 国际ly benchmarked program.
百分之九十的一年级学生获得了 奖学金:机构奖学金或助学金，其中包括西北航空的创新 熊猫的优势 和 西北的承诺 项目. The University also offers a rate structure for 研究生 students that is based on market dem和 和 program offerings rather than a traditional residency-based model.
Furthermore, to help students 研究生 in four years or less 和 accrue less debt, 西北的“完成30”倡议 encourages students to take a personalized approach to meeting their academic goals 和 complete 30 credit hours during the course of an academic year.
Results of the 2021 Ruffalo Noel Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory show Northwest students are more satisfied than students at national peers 和 80 percent of Northwest students report they would repeat their University experience, compared to 77 percent of students surveyed nationally at their respective institutions.
Northwest students cross the main campus in Maryville during the first day of fall classes in August. (Photo by Lauren Adams/威尼斯人在线)
The percentage of first-generation under研究生 students attending Northwest increased this fall to 37 percent of all under研究生s at the University.
此外, Northwest reports its student population identifying with underrepresented groups or hailing from countries outside the United States increased by 17.6 percent to 2,164 students; they represent 22.占大学总人数的4%. 西北航空的国内少数族裔员工总数为1人,126名学生, who represent another 12 percent of the student body.
The University’s 国际 students represent 11 percent of the student body 和 hail from 34 other countries with most of those students coming from India, 尼泊尔, 尼日利亚和南非.
While the University’s in-state student population is 6,447, representing a 16.比一年前增长了5%, Northwest students hail from a total of 46 states this fall as the institution continues to draw well from Iowa, 堪萨斯州和内布拉斯加州.
At Northwest-Kansas城市, 大学在哪里提供各种课程, 1,730 students are enrolled in some type of coursework related to non-degree 和 双重信用 项目.
