opportunity
at a glance
The College
Four-year liberal arts college, bachelor’s degrees awarded n Foun ded in 1882 by the Reformed Church in America n Mem ber of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities n
Academics
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More than 80 academic programs, inclu ding majors, minors, pre-professional programs and career concentrations
Faculty
All classes taught by NWC professors 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio n Avera ge class size: 18 n 80 percent of full-time faculty have docto ral or terminal degrees n
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Students
1,250 students 32 states n 20 countries n
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Student Life
88 percent of students live on campus More than 50 clubs and organizations n More than half of students are in campus ministry and service n 1 out of 3 students participates in the performing arts n 3 men’ s, 3 women’s residence halls n Apar tments, cottages and themed housing n
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Athletics
Great Plains Athletic Conference, NAIA member 1 out of 3 students participates in interc ollegiate sports n 6 natio nal NAIA team titles since 2001 n 8 men’ s, 8 women’s Red Raider varsity teams n
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Northwestern College
Office of Admissions 101 7th Street SW Orange City, Iowa 51041 800-747-4757 admissions@nwciowa.edu www.nwciowa.edu/facebook
Success
big
this
Learning
for
life
College should prepare you for a career, right? We’ve got that covered. But your life will include more than what you do for a living. We’ll prepare you for the rest too. Because in addition to being a CEO, lawyer, doctor or sportswriter, you might also be a spouse and parent. A community or church leader. And succeeding at marriage, parenting and building community wherever you go are roles that also need the education for heart and mind Northwestern offers. It’s a whole
education for your whole life.
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The Northwestern community taught me how to love and accept all people, regardless of their skin color, culture, economic status or religion. I can’t talk openly about my faith as a teacher, but I view all my students as children of God and treat them that way.
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Gabrielle Boucher Kindergarten teacher Gallup, NM
A Northwestern education prepares graduates to: n Trust, love and worship God n Engage ideas n Connect knowledge and experience n Respond to God’s call Learn more at
www.nwciowa.edu/vision
believe and
Achieve
Northwestern’s small-college educat opportunity. Students get personal attentio ion leads to big
n in small classes taught by Ph.D.s with notable degrees. They also have more opportunity than students at large universities for resume-building involvement like participating in sports, music and theatre. Interning and studying off campus. Serving and volunteering . And joining and leading campus clubs and organizations.
Northwestern alumni are living and 15,000 the working all over world. Among them are:
The founder of Exemplar Genetic s, which is working on a cure for cystic fibrosis A former Secret Service agent— one of 36 women on a force of 2,000 The president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture’ s deputy press secretary A Disney Channel cartoon writer
and producer
A former research physicist with
the U.S. Navy
Numerous award-winning teachers A missionary doctor in Malawi The mayor of Holland, MI A New York playwright
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My professors at Northwestern kne w me well enough to write detailed, per sonalized letters of reference. They’re skilled scientis ts, yet so personable and willing to help.
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Jameson Guthmiller Medical student University of Iowa
make it
work
95% of Northwestern alumni, on average, are employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation.
l 100% placement* include actuaria Majors that consistently achieve i(agr s ines ogy-ecological science, bus science, art, athletic training, biol on, cati edu s ines management options), bus business, human resources and tion rma info r , computer science/compute Christian education/youth ministry , music/ and rhetoric, math/math teaching systems, English teaching/writing social s, tion rela political science, public music ministry, physical education, work, and Spanish. seeking employm of the last 3 years by students *100% placement in at least 2 ol scho or applying to graduate
Kaitlyn Vander Schaaf Accountant, Ernst & Young Minneapolis, MN
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Among the reasons I landed my first job were these college experiences that impressed my future employer: 1) I served as president of Northwestern’s Business Club; 2) I tutored accounting, computer science and writing students; and 3) I had an impressive internship at a Big Four accounting firm in an urban area.
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ent
RECENT JOB PLACEMENTS
ic, Club Energize, AXA Equitable, IBM, FDIC, JP Morgan, Mayo Clin ories, Pella Corporation, Sharp Laborat Sanford Health, Guthrie Theater, up, ial Services, Principal Financial Gro Prime Therapeutics, Lutheran Soc in India , Mussoorie’s Woodstock School Homeland Security Policy Institute
ENTS RECENT GRAD SCHOOL PLACEM University of Southern California Med School College of William and Mary Law School School of the Art Institute of Chicago Princeton Theological Seminary
Arizona State
Ben-Gurion University in Israel DigiPen Institute of Technology
University of Iowa Brown University Baylor University
University of North Carolina
Duke University Vanderbilt
Texas Christian University
UCLA
ed their board exams
95% of 2011 Northwestern nursing graduates pass s nally); 83% of athletic training grad the first time (compared to 91% natio passed their board exams the first
).
time (compared to 61% nationally
lied to medical school
80% of Northwestern science graduates who app in 2011 were accepted.
Our graduates’ resumes often include experiences that set them apart from other applicants:
Careerort
n Studying abroad in news-making places like China, Egypt, Germany or the Middle East
supp
ing jobs and getting into graduate Reasons our grads succeed in land school include: onsible, well-written and well- n The appeal of our smart, resp and graduate school admissions spoken students to employers offices excellent academic programs n The preparation provided by our ol often say they’ve already (NWC alums in graduate scho -year classes.) learned what’s covered in first ntion from our professional atte l ona n The services and pers career counselors
n Evidence of exceptional volunteerism through campus ministries and short-term missions
n Internships with impressive companies, like these: International Center for Religion and Diplomacy Northwestern Reproductive Genetics Inc. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Sparrow Label Group in Nashville Integrys Energy Group WNBA’s Chicago Sky The Kennedy Center Trans Ova Genetics Holocaust Museum
Pella Corporation Bank of America Chicago Reporter Fitness Formula Ernst & Young World Vision
Northwestern’s Career Development Center can help you find the right internship and study abroad opportunities for your professional aspirations. They’ll also help you …
Explore your interests and skills and match them with majors and careers Study for grad school entrance exams like the GRE, LSAT or MCAT Find job opportunities through networking and career fairs Stand out with a creative resume and portfolio
Invinest
success
College is an investment in the rest of your life. You don’t know exactly where you’re headed yet. But you want to make a great start. Northwe stern’s
Christian education will prepare you a faithful life. As a banker. Teacher. Nurse. for a great career—and Entr
follower of Christ.
epreneur. Committed
90% of Northwestern graduates finish college in 4 years or less, so you’re earning a salary sooner than public university grads (nearly half of whom take 5 or even 6 years to grad uate from Iowa’s public universities). $57,000 is the average annual salary of a colle
ge graduate, compared to $31,000 a year for workers who don ’t attend college. Over a 40-year career, that’s more than $1 million in lost income if you don’t invest in colle ge.