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Mission
Northland College integrates liberal arts studies with an environmental emphasis, enabling those it serves to address the challenges of the future.
Goal
To be the nation’s leading environmental liberal arts college.
Fall Enrollment
700 students from 38 states and Puerto Rico as well as other countries, including: Canada, Germany, Sweden, Kenya, Czech Republic and Trinidad Tobago.
ACT Levels: The mean ACT of incoming students is 25.0, compared with the national average of 20.8.
High School Rank: 80% of incoming students ranked in the upper half of their high school class. 62% ranked in the upper quarter of their high school class.
Non-Traditional: 15% are age 25 or older.
Minority: 11% of overall enrollment, of which 1.7% are African American, .01% are Asian American, 2% are Hispanic American, 3.4% are Native American/Pacific Islander, 1.3% are non-resident aliens, and 2.8% are multi-racial.
Degrees: 84% hold doctorate or other terminal degrees.
Ratio: 13:1 student-faculty ratio.
Teaching: 78% of classes are taught by regularly contracted faculty.
Numbers: 82 people hold academic rank at Northland College. Of these, 45 are full-time faculty, 28 are adjunct instructors, 9 are part-time.
93 full-time and 6 part-time (not including student jobs or adjunct faculty).
92 full-time staff and 5 part-time staff.
Majors: Accounting, Biochemistry, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Elementary Art Education, Elementary Education, English, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts-Music, Fine Arts-Music Education, Fine Arts-Studio Art, Geoscience, Healthcare Administration, History, Management and Leadership, Mathematics, Meteorology, Native American Studies, Natural Resources, Nursing, Outdoor Education, Peace-Conflict- Global Studies, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, Veterinary Life Science, Water Science, Writing.
Minors: All areas listed above plus: Coaching, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Environmental Education, Fine Arts-Elementary Education, Gender and Women’s Studies, Geographic Information Science, Government, Philosophy, Physics, Pre-Ministry, Sustainable Systems.
Pre-Professional Degrees: pre-dentistry, pre-engineering, pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-ministry, pre-veterinary medicine.
Other: The College offers evening and weekend courses and workshops, Summer College, and an Evening Degree Program (an accelerated learning format program for adults) with majors in Management and Leadership, and Nursing.
2007 Annual Budget: $18.3 million
Tuition and Fees: 2007-2008, $21,901
Comprehensive Fee: 2007-2008, $28,061
Financial Aid Annual Budget
• Grants and scholarship budget: 5.2 million
• 98% of students receive some type of financial aid.
• 86% are employed through campus employment.
Endowment
$18.5 million as of 6/30/06
Buildings: 19 major buildings
Acreage: 100 acres main campus and 120 acres off-campus
Value: $36.5 million
The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute provides outreach and educational information to the Lake Superior region. Institute programs are directed to the public at large, teachers, and children, in partnership with schools, communities, and granting agencies. The Institute promotes protection of the natural environment and sustainable human communities. Institute programs include: Land Stewardship, LoonWatch, Apostle Islands School, Lake Superior Studies, and the national Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Awards. The LoonWatch Speakers' Bureaus reaches audiences in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. College students and faculty support Institute staff in current programs such as Urban Forestry, GIS-based Forest and Lakeshore environmental surveying for local landowners, loon research projects at the Voyageurs National Park, the State of the Wolf survey for Wisconsin and Michigan, and a regional citizen-science monitoring project of loon nesting success. The Institute is guided by the philosophy of writer and conservationist Sigurd F. Olson, who attended Northland College.
Men: soccer, hockey, basketball, baseball, cross country, Nordic skiing.
Women: volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball, cross country, Nordic skiing.
Club Sports: hockey.
Affiliations: Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC), Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association (MCHA), Central Collegiate Ski Association (CCSA), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Church Affiliation: United Church of Christ.
For Children: Apostle Islands School, Computer Camp, Athletic Camps, and Pathfinders Leadership Program.
For Adults: Business and Technology Workshops, Van Evera Lecture.
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