Located in Naperville, Ill. — ranked in 2006 as the second-best U.S. city to live in — North Central College offers students a recognized small town with easy access to Chicago. To enhance the opportunities that its location affords, North Central provides an optional “Chicago Term” for students, during which they may attend classes and participate in an internship downtown. This program operates under the auspices of the Urban and Suburban Studies Program, in which students can also major or minor. North Central further supports hands-on, cultural study through its comprehensive and well-regarded study abroad program, which offers a number of different options for students.  

undergraduate enrollment                 2,302

% male/female                                     47/53

% African American                             3

% American Indian                              <1

% Asian                                                 3

% Caucasian                                       79

% Hispanic                                           5
% International                                     <1

% Pell grant recipients                       25

Distinguished first-generation and minority alums John Daniels Jr. ’69, first African-American named head of a major Wisconsin law firm; Bertram Lee ’61, first minority owner of an NBA franchise, Denver Nuggets; Sandy (Simmons) Matthews ’77, vice president, Illinois Action for Children

 

full-time faculty                                      119
full-time minority faculty                       11

student-faculty ratio                              16:1

average class size                                20
% first-year retention rate                     79

% graduation rate (6 years)                 63

Popular majors Business/Managerial Operations, Elementary Education and Teaching, Psychology

 

% live on campus (% freshmen)                  53 (80)

Multicultural student clubs and organizations Asian Student Konnection (ASK), Black Student Association (BSA), Cardinals Hablando Espanol (¡CHE!), Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), German Club, International Club, Japan Club, Raza Unida, Students of African-American Brotherhood (SAAB)

Athletics NCAA Division III, College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin; baseball, m/w basketball, m/w cross country, football, m/w golf, m/w soccer, softball, m/w swimming, m/w tennis, m/w track and field, m wrestling, w volleyball. More on Athletics...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of applicants                                    2,450

% accepted                                         69

SAT Critical Reading range             520-640

SAT Math range                                  530-620

ACT range                                           22-27

average HS GPA                                3.55

priority decision application            4/15

regular admission                            rolling
application fee (online)                    $25 ($0)
fee waiver for applicants
   with financial need                         yes

 

tuition                                                         $26,916

room & board                                           $8,379
total need-based institutional
   scholarships/grants                             n/a
% of students apply for
   need-based aid                                    81

% of students receiving aid                   70.9

% receiving need-based scholarship

   or grant aid                                            98.6

% receiving aid whose need was

   fully met                                                 23.9

average aid package                             $18,739

average student loan debt

   upon graduation                                  $26,395