Northwestern College-Iowa Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Distant town
In a smaller urban cluster away from a large metro area.
- City
- Suburb
- Town (this campus)
- Rural
1,053 students
Smaller than 62% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 24%
- TypePrivate nonprofit
- ClassMaster's university
- CalendarSemester
Nearby college towns
- Sioux Center7.9 mi
- Sheldon15.7 mi
- Sioux City37.5 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Northwestern College-Iowa, the largest reported group is White (81.1%), followed by Hispanic (6.8%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.3% | 0% |
| Asian | 1.7% | 4% |
| Black | 1.6% | 0% |
| Hispanic | 6.8% | 0% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| White | 81.1% | 85.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% | 1.3% |
| Non-resident | 4.3% | 9.3% |
| Unknown | 2.6% | 0% |
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- 83%Northwestern College-Iowa admitted 973 of 1,172 applicants.Source: CollegesRef archive
- 27.5%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 268 of 973.Source: CollegesRef archive
- 71%of first-time, full-time students finish within 150% of normal time (six years for a bachelor's).Source: CollegesRef archive
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