Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a Big Ten university which has its main campus in Evanston, Illinois, on a 240-acre (970,000 m²) campus along the shore of Lake Michigan. Several of the university's professional schools are located in Chicago, on a 25-acre (101,000 m²) campus near the Magnificent Mile. US News & World Report ranks Northwestern 12th among national doctoral research universities. In addition, the School of Law is consistently ranked in the top ten best by the same publication. Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management consistently ranks as one of the world's best graduate business programs. Though journalism schools are not ranked, Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism is widely regarded as one of the top three journalism schools in the United States. It is always recongnized as Top Ten US college.

Related Topics:
Evanston, Illinois - Lake Michigan - Chicago - Magnificent Mile - Medill School of Journalism

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As of August 31, 2004, Northwestern University's endowment and assets totaled $4.34 billion.

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Northwestern University enrolls approximately 14,000 full-time students (including approximately 8,000 undergraduates) and employs nearly 7,100 faculty and staff members.

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The university's student newspaper is The Daily Northwestern.

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