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53 > > > Northwestern Digital Program HIGHEST ORDER OF EXCELLENCE A private institution founded in 1851, Northwestern University is recognized nationally and internationally for the quality of its educational programs at all levels. Innovative teaching and pioneering research take place in a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary environment that combines the resources of a major research university with the level of individual attention of a small college. Approximately 20,000 full- and part-time students are enrolled on Northwestern's lakefront campuses in Evanston and Chicago and branch campus in Qatar. Almost 8,500 undergraduates study at the University's largest campus in Evanston. The university's 2,500 full-time faculty members range from MacArthur Fellowship recipients to Tony Award winners. In their ranks are members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Council of Learned Societies, and numerous other honorary professional societies. MORE ABOUT NORTHWESTERN Northwestern recruits students of demonstrated academic achievement from diverse social, ethnic and economic backgrounds. More than 90 percent of undergraduate applicants rank in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, and Northwestern's National Merit Scholar enrollment rate has recently ranked among the nation's highest. About one in eight applicants is accepted. All 50 states and more than 65 countries are represented among the undergraduate student body. Nearly one-half (48 percent) of the class of 2017 is from underrepresented and international backgrounds. Slightly more than 60 percent of students are receiving financial assistance in the form of need-based scholarships and loans. Almost 97 percent of first-year students return for sophomore year. U.S. News and World Report ranked Northwestern 12th in its annual rankings of national universities. Among graduate programs, the Kellogg School of Management regularly ranks among the top five business schools in the country for both its traditional curriculum and its executive master's program. U.S. News & World Report rankings placed Northwestern's School of Law, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Feinberg School of Medicine in the top 20.