Comparable Colleges to Northwestern University

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These similar colleges are most often compared with Northwestern University by students and parents using CollegeSimply.

Compare with Illinois Public Colleges

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$48,022 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate

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University of Illinois at Chicago

$49,500 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate

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University of Illinois at Springfield

$50,773 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate

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Compare with Illinois Private Colleges

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University of Chicago

$1,020 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate

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Loyola University Chicago

$13,866 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate

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Wheaton College

$19,706 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate

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Illinois Institute of Technology

$11,606 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate

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Knox College

$9,492 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate

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Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of Michigan

$44,426 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate

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Ohio State University

$49,258 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate

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University of Wisconsin Madison

$51,003 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate

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Purdue University Main Campus

$50,558 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate

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Miami University

$46,486 lower in-state tuition
82% higher acceptance rate

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Indiana University Bloomington

$50,363 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate

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University of Iowa

$51,920 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$46,744 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate

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University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$49,356 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate

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University of Missouri Columbia

$50,259 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate

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Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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University of Notre Dame

$1,940 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate

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Washington University in St Louis

$2,526 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate

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Marquette University

$15,306 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate

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Case Western Reserve University

$6,256 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate

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Oberlin College

$892 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate

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Drake University

$14,542 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate

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Carleton College

$426 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate

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Denison University

$2,776 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate

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Grinnell College

$2,120 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate

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Kenyon College

$2,784 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate

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DePauw University

$7,376 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate

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St Olaf College

$7,606 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate

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Saint Louis University Main Campus

$12,176 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate

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Macalester College

$12 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate

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University of St Thomas

$13,002 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate

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The College of Wooster

$5,226 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate

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Cornell College

$13,176 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate

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Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$10,797 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate

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Milwaukee School of Engineering

$16,992 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate

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Augsburg College

$19,999 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate

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Kalamazoo College

$6,300 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate

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Beloit College

$6,092 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate

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Cedarville University

$27,102 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate

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Centre College

$14,276 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate

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Ohio Wesleyan University

$12,004 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate

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Lawrence University

$8,175 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate

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Compare with National Colleges

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Harvard University

$9,133 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate

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Stanford University

$4,803 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate

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University of Southern California

$170 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate

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New York University

$6,506 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate

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Duke University

$2,191 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate

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Johns Hopkins University

$1,556 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate

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Boston University

$1,716 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate

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University of Pennsylvania

$5,624 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate

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Cornell University

$10 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate

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Georgetown University

$492 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate

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Carnegie Mellon University

$2,716 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate

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Boston College

$254 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate

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Northeastern University

$3,776 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate

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Columbia University in the City of New York

$238 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate

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