by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., University of Northwestern - St Paul landed the #533 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, Northwestern took the #15 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota.
Women make up 44.8% of the total graduate student body at Northwestern while men make you 55.2%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 16.8% of the graduate students who attend Northwestern are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Northwestern is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 5.6% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,982 | $8,982 |
Master's degree recipients from Northwestern earn an average salary of $61,526 during the early years of their career. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 5% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of University of Northwestern - St Paul.
Contact details for Northwestern are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3003 Snelling Ave N, Saint Paul, MN 55113-1598 |
| Phone: | 651-631-5100 |
| Website: | https://www.unwsp.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/universityofnorthwestern |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/northwesternmn |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 95.4% of the graduate students at Northwestern took at least one online course. For that same period, 87.2% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 30 |
| General Education | 4 |
| Human Services | 5 |
| Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries | 4 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 9 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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