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National-Louis University

Chicago, IL

Overview

  • Type
    4-year • Private
  • Campus Life
    Medium • Urban
  • Average Per Year After Aid
    $15K
  • SAT Range
    Not available
  • Graduation Rate
    31%

National-Louis University is a medium, 4-year, private university. This coed college is located in a large city in an urban setting and is primarily a commuter campus. It offers certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. This college has an acceptance rate of 92% and a graduation rate of 31%.

From the Institution

Our goal at National Louis University (NLU) is not merely for our students to earn a degree; our goal is to ensure our students have the knowledge, skills, preparation and network necessary to be successful after graduation. This is ultimately measured by how effectively we help students secure meaningful and sustainable employment or graduate school admissions and how well we set graduates on a path toward upward mobility and positively impacting their communities. What sets NLU apart is our steadfast commitment to: providing equity of access to higher education through intentionally broad access admissions and affordable tuition; closing the opportunity gap in degree attainment through a personalized academic experience and robust wraparound support to empower students to succeed; and, promoting the economic mobility for our graduates through embedded professional preparation across the academic experience. We provide educational opportunity for all students, including many students from historically underserved populations, as our students are majority Latinx and Black, first-generation college-goers, and low-income. Our Undergraduate College offers a rigorous, professionally focused, supportive bachelor's degree for little or no out-of-pocket cost for students qualifying for financial aid. Our model provides undergraduate students with an affordable, individualized degree program through a blended-flipped classroom model and flexible course schedule with day-time, evening, weekend, blended, and online course options that allow students to balance the realities of family and work responsibilities with being a full-time or part-time student. We offer a personalized educational experience with small class sizes, an adaptive and hands-on curriculum, and success coaches coupled with comprehensive/wrap-around supports such as a food pantry, counseling, and emergency fund to help students stay on-track every step of the way. NLU's main campus is in Chicago, and we have satellite campuses in the surrounding suburbs and in Florida. In 2020/21, National Louis University served over 10,000 students: 45% of them undergraduates and 55% graduate students, with 56% identifying as a minority. 59% of undergraduate students were first in their family to go to college and 59% were Pell eligible.

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College Board Code
1551
Application Types Accepted
  • Common Application
  • Online through college's own website
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Available to all qualified students. Visit the college website for details.

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