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Northwestern College - IA

Northwestern College - IA
101 7th St SW
Orange City, IA 51041

Official telephone: (712) 707-7000
Fax number: (712) 707-7247
Website: https://nwciowa.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 1,187
Full-time undergraduates: 1,059
Part-time undergraduates: 128
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.7% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.6% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.2% Hispanic/Latino
81.7% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.7% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
4.3% Nonresident Alien
2.6% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
Northwestern College - IA
LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 97%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 84%
Percent of students who live off campus: 16%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: yes
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 250
Other computer facilities/services: Handshake
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Discipleship Groups; Intercultural Club; Spring Service Partnerships; Student Government Association; Women in Leadership

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleadingyes 
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's socceryes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golfyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyballyes 

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Sioux City, IA

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 80% within six months of graduation

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