Northwood University Graduate Schools

Northwood University (referred to as NU) is a Private, 4 years school located in Midland, MI. It is classified as a School of business and management school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Northwood University is $37,080 in average. The school has 306 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,422 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1974 - Current[Estimated Date]).

NU Directory Information
School Name	Northwood University (NU)
Address	4000 Whiting Dr, Midland, MI 48640-2398
Phone	800-622-9000
Web	https://www.northwood.edu
Online Application	https://apply.northwood.edu/Pages/Welcome.aspx
Financial Info	https://www.northwood.edu/financial-aid/applying-for-financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Northwood University is $37,080 in average. The school has 306 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 2,422 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 31 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 23 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$37,080
Student Population	306
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	31 graduate programs (23 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	9 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Northwood University is $37,080 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,030.

Northwood University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Northwood University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	23 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Northwood University is $37,080. The graduate tuition & fees are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$37,080	-
2019-2020	$37,080	-
2020-2021	$37,080	-
2021-2022	$37,080	-
2022-2023	$37,080	-

The graduate school tuition & fees of NU is very expensive compared to private graduate schools in Michigan. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Michigan graduate tuition is $26,597 (public) / $19,159 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Northwood University	$37,080
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Michigan Graduate Schools	$18,234	$21,147
Public	$17,325	$26,597
Private	$19,159

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $16,350 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Northwood University. On-campus living costs are increased by 4.61% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $14,924. Off-campus living costs are decreased by -2.71% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$10,480	$2,910	$10,018	$4,370
2019-2020	$10,790	$2,920	$10,422	$4,340
2020-2021	$11,110	$3,000	$10,750	$4,376
2021-2022	$11,440	$2,882	$11,092	$4,248
2022-2023	$12,120	$2,862	$10,694	$4,230

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,030 at Northwood University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,030
2019-2020	$1,030
2020-2021	$1,030
2021-2022	$1,030
2022-2023	$1,030

Graduate Programs at NU

Northwood University offers 4 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 155 students have completed their study at Northwood University.

Offered Degrees at Northwood University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	3	3	155
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	1	1	0
Total	4	4	155

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Northwood University by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 148 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Business Administration and Management program with 0 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Northwood University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✔	148	$56,200
Business Administration and Management	✔	116	$56,200
Organizational Leadership	✔	31	-
Organizational Leadership	✔	25	-
Finance	✔	14	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Northwood University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✔	0	-

Northwood University offers 4 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered online completely. Last year total 155 students have completed their graduate studies.

155 students have earned/completed Master's program.

Master's
Doctorate (Research)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business [+]	✔	155 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	116	$56,200
Organizational Leadership	✔	25	-
Finance	✔	14	-
	Total	155

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	0	-
	Total	0

Graduate Student Population at NU

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 306 students enrolled into Northwood University graduate schools where it has total 2,422 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 85 full-time and 221 part-time graduate students. By gender, 167 male and 139 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	306	167	139
Full-time	85	42	43
Part-tme	221	125	96

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 214 White (69.93%), 35 Black/African American (11.44%), 16 Hispanic (5.23%), 8 Asian (2.61%), and 33 students with other races. 9 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	306	167	139
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	8	4	4
Black/African American	35	14	21
Hispanic	16	12	4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	214	113	101
Two More	9	5	4
Un-Known	15	14	1
Non-resident Alien	9	5	4

Northwood University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 229 graduate students (74.84% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1 graduate students (0.33% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	306
Enrolled Online Exclusively	229
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1
Not in Online Courses	76

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Northwood University. 87 students are aged 20 to 24 (28.43% of total students), 27 students are aged above 50 (8.82%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Northwood University.