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Last updated May 9, 2024

The Location

  • Northwest Missouri State University is a state-assisted, four-year university located in Maryville, Mo. (population: 11,972)
  • Founded in 1905
  • President: Dr. Lance Tatum
  • Northwest’s main Maryville campus: 370 acres
  • Northwest’s campus is designated the Missouri Arboretum
  • University Farm: 448 acres
  • Rural lakefront: 315 acres
  • Northwest-Kansas City位于密苏里州格拉德斯通(Gladstone)的公司提供并主持专业发展项目

Enrollment Statistics

(Based on fall 2023 enrollment census data)
  • 9,664 students (an institutional record)
  • 5,599 undergraduate
  • 34% out-of-state
  • 11% international enrollment
  • 12% domestic minority enrollment
  • Students represent 46 states and 34 countries
  • Average ACT Score: 20.7 (Northwest is a test-blind institution)
  • Average High School GPA: 3.46

Academic Information

  • 自1921年起由中北部高等教育委员会(HLC)认可. 
  • A moderately selective institution, which means 80 percent of students must, on average, meet admission standards; Northwest is one of four such institutions in Missouri.
  • 提供104个本科专业和87个副修学士学位课程, 34 master's degree programs, seven certificate programs and three specialist programs.
  • Operates on semester academic calendar
  • 79.新生保留率为5%,远高于全国和地区平均水平
  • 97.4% of undergraduates and 99.1%的毕业生在毕业后六个月内找到工作或继续深造.
  • Northwest's student loan default rate is 1.6%, compared to the Missouri average of 1.3% and national average of 2.3%
  • 59%的毕业率,在澳门网上博彩官方网站全国同行中处于第89百分位
  • Average class size of 27 with a 19-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio
  • 西北地区78%的班级人数少于30人,44%的班级人数少于20人
  • 261 full-time faculty members
  • 95%的终身教职和终身教职教师拥有各自领域的最高学位
  • 100% of classes taught by professionals, not graduate assistants
  • 90% of Northwest’s regular courses are web enhanced
  • Laptops and textbooks are included in tuition at Northwest,确保所有学生都能获得他们在课堂上取得成功所需的工具. Northwest launched its textbook rental program in 1922 and the laptop rental program in 2005; the programs save students nearly $6,800 during their four-year academic career.

Student Life

  • 澳门网上博彩官方网站78%的学生表示他们会重复在澳门网上博彩官方网站的经历, 相比之下,在各自院校接受调查的全国学生中,有75%是这样, 根据2023年鲁弗洛·诺埃尔·莱维茨学生满意度调查的结果.
  • 41% of students live on campus
  • 超过一半的学生积极参加澳门网上博彩官方网站150多个学生组织中的一个或多个
  • 14% of students participate in Fraternity and Sorority Life.
  • 通过学生就业,学生们在校园里有大约1200个机会来打造自己的简历

Athletics

  • Division: NCAA Division II
  • Conference: Mid‑America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) 
  • Mascot: Bobby Bearcat
  • Colors: Green and White
  • 男子大学运动:篮球、棒球、越野、足球、网球和田径
  • Women’s varsity sports: basketball, cross country, golf, softball, soccer, tennis, track and field, and volleyball
  • 79% Student-Athlete Academic Success Rate
  • 60% Student-Athlete Graduation Rate
  • 3.2 grade-point average among all student-athletes
  • 领导MIAA在2016年,112西北学生运动员获得二级体育总监协会学术成就奖,累计获得3.5 grade-point average or higher for at least two years.
  • 两名西北男子篮球运动员获得了比沃·弗朗西斯奖, declaring them the top player in all of small college basketball, Justin Pitts in 2016-17 and Trevor Hudgins in 2021-22.
  • 1998, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2016 NCAA Division II football national champions, making them the most of any Division II football program, and a four-time national runner-up (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022 NCAA Division II men's basketball national champions, 成为第一个在男子篮球乙级联赛中连续三次获得全国冠军的球队. (The tournament was not played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
  • In 2016-17, 澳门网上博彩官方网站成为第一个在同一学年赢得足球和男子篮球全国冠军的二级大学.
  • 16个室内外田径个人冠军
  • 女子篮球队进入2011年NCAA第二赛区四强
  • 2010、2012、2013年全球啦啦队协会全国冠军

Alumni

  • More than 80,000 alumni and friends
  • The Northwest Foundation awarded a record $1.在23财年,通过1467个奖学金提供500万美元的财政援助.
  • 西北基金会结束了7年的历程,结束了成立50周年的21财年 Forever Green campaign该公司筹集了5500多万美元,超过了4500万美元的目标.
  • The Office of University Advancement is a two-time recipient, in 2017 and 2018, of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Educational Fundraising Award, 颁发给全国教育机构的优秀筹款项目.
  • 该基金会管理的总资产价值约为45美元.5 million, while its endowment stands at about $34.3 million.
  • Prominent alumni include Jean Jennings Bartik, who helped program the world's first electronic computer.

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