Indiana University-Northwest
Gary, IN
Indiana University-Northwest is a public university in Gary, Indiana, a suburb of a large city, with 2,661 undergraduates. Health professions and liberal arts are its signature fields: together they make up 45% of its bachelor's degrees, about four times their share across the colleges we cover. 37% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $43,361 ten years after starting.
Indiana University-Northwest admitted 2,163 of 2,820 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (76.7%).
- Acceptance rate
- 76.7%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $8,424
- $22,811 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $5,130
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 21–27
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Indiana University-Northwest is known for
Measured by the 530 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
32.3%
of its bachelor's degrees: three and a half times the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
Liberal arts
12.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: about eight times the 1.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing8616.2% of degrees$82,626−7% vs $88,910 nationally
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities6712.6% of degrees$47,530−10% vs $53,072 nationally
- Business/Commerce5710.8% of degrees$56,211−18% vs $68,407 nationally
- Psychology448.3% of degrees$45,323−11% vs $50,706 nationally
- Social Work285.3% of degrees$51,575About the $51,790 national median
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions285.3% of degrees$67,468About the $68,061 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Suburb of a large city
Gary, IN
Undergraduates
2,661
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, small programs
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
15 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
0%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Indiana University-Northwest
Two things Indiana University-Northwest published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
29% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 2% sent an ACT. Indiana University-Northwest files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $5,130 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
76.7%
2,163 admitted of 2,820 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 480–580Math 460–590
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
21–27
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
29%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
2%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Indiana University-Northwest?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Indiana University-Northwest costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $8,424 ($22,811 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $13,989. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $5,130 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$8,424
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$22,811
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$13,989
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$5,130
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $13,989 full cost.
- Under $30k$1,419Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$331Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$5,159Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$10,047Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$13,042Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
37%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
71%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$43,361
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$21,710
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Indiana University-Northwest says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPAconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Indiana
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Saint Mary's College76.4%
- Taylor University76.1%
- University of Evansville77.6%
- Indiana University-Indianapolis78%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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