Inside Academics at University of Northwestern-St Paul

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at University of Northwestern-St Paul: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Each topic below links to a dedicated page with the full detail:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

With 15 students per faculty member, University of Northwestern-St Paul is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. University of Northwestern-St Paul employs 100% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition report.

Most Popular Majors

University of Northwestern-St Paul offers 41 majors with reported completions across 21 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at University of Northwestern-St Paul are shown below:

The most popular majors at University of Northwestern-St Paul, measured by graduates, are listed below.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Additional Questions to Ask

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at University of Northwestern-St Paul:

• Need flexibility? Check whether University of Northwestern-St Paul offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 1,801 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well University of Northwestern-St Paul retains and graduates its students — 83% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of University of Northwestern-St Paul.

Explore Further into University of Northwestern-St Paul

Each page below covers one part of academic life at University of Northwestern-St Paul in more detail:

• Majors & Degree Programs at University of Northwestern-St Paul — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty Composition at University of Northwestern-St Paul — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation and Retention at University of Northwestern-St Paul — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Online Learning at University of Northwestern-St Paul — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation at University of Northwestern-St Paul — accreditation status and accrediting bodies