Northland College to Close
On February 19, 2025, the Northland College Board of Trustees announced that the College will close at the end of the 2024–25 academic year.

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Campus Life

Welcome to the good life.

When you’re deciding on what college you want to attend, you’re not only in the process of picking a campus to study at—you’re choosing a community, too. Where you end up will impact how you spend your free time, who your friends will be, and how you view the world after college.

Northland is a tight-knit family. One of the special qualities of Northland, an asset that comes from being such a small campus, is the genuine friendship that students, faculty, and staff share.

Step Into Our Playground

Apostle Island rock

Ashland, Wisconsin, a community of just under eight thousand people, is tucked along the south shore of Lake Superior and is just minutes away from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and over a million acres of national forest.

Campus is an easy walk to downtown Ashland, where students often hang out at the Black Cat Coffeehouse, the Bay Cinema, or the food co-op and farmer’s market.

Students at Black Cat Coffeehouse

Slackline

There’s no shortage of things to do on campus. Guest lectures, concerts, bonfires, disc golf, fitness center with climbing wall, our annual powwow—we have no doubt that you’ll find your place in our campus community.

We have a location like nowhere else on Earth. We’re surrounded by over a million acres of forest and the largest freshwater lake in the world, both serving as living laboratories and natural playgrounds.

Apostle Island Ice Caves

addle Boarding on Lake Superior

Whether you’re into hiking, kayaking, biking, skiing, fishing, hunting, or even dog sledding, Northland is in a prime location. The Northland Outpost has a wide range of rental gear, which means you can try your hand at all sorts of outdoor activities.