Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, ID
Northwest Nazarene University is a private, Nazarene university in Nampa, Idaho, a suburb of a midsize city, with 1,024 undergraduates. Health professions and education are its signature fields: together they make up 33% of its bachelor's degrees, two and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 71% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $51,719 ten years after starting.
Northwest Nazarene University admitted 2,248 of 3,571 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (63%).
- Acceptance rate
- 63%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $40,794
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $29,580
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 25–31
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 Northwest Nazarene University is known for
Measured by the 253 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
23.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
Education
9.5%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing5622.1% of degrees$76,250−14% vs $88,910 nationally
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness176.7% of degrees$49,132−10% vs $54,562 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods145.5% of degrees$45,537About the $47,382 national median
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities145.5% of degrees$33,265−37% vs $53,072 nationally
- Social Work145.5% of degrees$44,782−14% vs $51,790 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations145.5% of degrees$70,953About the $68,257 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 midsize city
Nampa, ID
Undergraduates
1,024
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
14 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
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
63%
2,248 admitted of 3,571 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 470–620Math 470–590
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
25–31
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
55%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
42%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Northwest Nazarene University?
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 Northwest Nazarene University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $40,794, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $55,163. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $29,580 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$40,794
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$55,163
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$29,580
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $55,163 full cost.
- Under $30k$28,732Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$30,626Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$35,166Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$33,413Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$34,800Typical 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
71%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
77%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$51,719
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$23,750
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 Northwest Nazarene University 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
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
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
- Recommendations
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.
- Early ActionNovember 15, 2026
Verified October 10, 2026 · Source
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 30, 2027
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