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Is University of Northwestern-St Paul worth it?
A first pass affordability and outcome read for University of Northwestern-St Paul, using national average inputs. Run your own numbers for a personalized score.
Worth-It Score
Stretch
University of Northwestern-St Paul sits in the stretch band for a typical family. The long-run earnings picture at $50,755 helps, but median debt of $21,325 plus yearly net price of $27,705 creates a tighter path. For context, University of Northwestern-St Paul's net price runs about 17% above the typical 4-year, private nonprofit school. It can work, but the financing plan has to be deliberate.
Is the price fair?
Compared to 1237 similar 4-year, private nonprofit schools
This school
$26,779
/yrAverage school like this
$22,837
/yrThis weighs on your Worth-It Score
You'd pay about $3,942 more per year than the typical student at a similar school. Over 4 years that's roughly $16,000 in extra cost.
Score breakdown
The public version of the score weighs affordability, after graduation outcomes, and repayment burden.
Affordability
40% weight
The yearly net price is doing real work against the score and raises the financing burden quickly.
Outcome
40% weight
The outcome data does not create enough margin to fully offset the cost.
Repayment
20% weight
Median debt stays in a more comfortable repayment range for a typical graduate.
The numbers behind the score
Median net price per year
$27,705
Median earnings 10 years out
$50,755
Median debt at graduation
$21,325
Graduation rate
68%
At University of Northwestern-St Paul, a typical graduate carries about $21,325 in student debt and earns roughly $50,755 ten years after enrolling. On a standard 10-year repayment plan, that works out to about $242 per month, or 6% of pre-tax income. That sits inside a borrower comfort range for many graduates.
What this means for your family
University of Northwestern-St Paul is a private nonprofit four year school in Saint Paul, MN. Private pricing can swing more dramatically based on aid, so your personalized score matters more here than the national average view alone.
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Common questions about University of Northwestern-St Paul
The median net price at University of Northwestern-St Paul is $27,705 per year. That is the average yearly price after typical grant aid for students in the public federal data, not the published sticker price.
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The Worth-It Score weighs affordability (40%), after graduation outcomes (40%), and repayment burden (20%). Underlying data points come from publicly available federal higher education reporting. See full methodology →