Diversity
There is no racial or ethnic majority in the school’s undergraduate population. No group of students, including white students, reaches above 50%.
51.9% of our traditional undergraduates identify as students of color.
Religious Background
North Park is home to students from a variety of faith backgrounds.
- Evangelical Covenant Church: 6.3%
- Other Protestant denominations: 16.5%
- Catholic: 14.3%
- Orthodox: 1.6%
- Muslim: 2.1%
- Jewish: .6%
- Other or no faith tradition reported: 58.5%
Accolades and Rankings
From U.S. News & World Report: #73 in Best Midwest Universities
Among Regional Universities Midwest:Ìý
#11 in Social Mobility
From WalletHub Best Colleges & Universities: #12 in Illinois
From The Wall Street Journal: #48Ìýin the country for diversity
Academics
- 17Ìýstudents in an average undergraduate course
- 115 full-time faculty
- 42 majors
- 9 stem majors
- Most popular majors: Nursing, Business, Psychology, Biology, and Health Sciences
- Quarter of a million books in the library
Student Life
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294 dorm rooms on campus
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162 additional Chicago-style apartments available as on-campus housing
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13,970 community members served by student volunteers annually
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78 students participated in the 2019–20 CatalystÌýSemester program
- 16 Catalyst on Campus events were hosted with 701 attendees
Traditional Undergraduate
Students
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58.4% female and 40.9% male
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65.1% commuter and 34.9%Ìýon-campus students
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35Ìýstates and 27Ìýcountries represented
Accreditation
ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and honored by many other accreditation bodies for individual programs. Detailed information on the University’s accreditations is available on the .
*Last updated with fall 2022 data.