Northland College
Ashland, WI · Private · Town (remote)
Private institution in Ashland, WI · 457 undergraduates · 72% acceptance rate · $44,560 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $20,7801,146th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $42,4911,707th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $42,4911,687th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $54,3751,596th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,4501,402nd lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,5601,380th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $35,8191,489th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 43.3%1,415th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 71.3%1,176th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 71.8%664th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1153516th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 24421st highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4571,713th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1216th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 31.9%1,104th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 163 mi (MSP)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 31 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $36,141 | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | $32,711 | $25,194 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | $32,391 | — |
| Natural Resources and Conservation, OtherNatural Resources | bachelors | $25,194 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchNatural Resources | bachelors | $24,035 | — |
| Community Organization and AdvocacyPublic Administration | bachelors | $22,771 | — |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Atmospheric Sciences and MeteorologyPhysical Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| ChemistryPhysical Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional PlanningArchitecture | bachelors | — | — |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| EconomicsSocial Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitenorthland.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 239512)
- Compare colleges in WIRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in WisconsinEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Northland College vs Maranatha Baptist UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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