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Undergraduate - Direct/ESL
Rankings & Recognition:
#19 Universities in the Midwest
(US News & World Report 2025)
One of Best Midwestern Colleges
(Princeton Review 2024)
Key facts:
- A comprehensive, liberal arts college
- 3,000 students from 32 nations
- NCC Coffee Lab: A state-of-the-art roastery and research laboratory dedicated to the business of coffee, with a faculty-student-partner collaboration that focuses on direct trade and relationship-based social enterprises
- WONC-FM 89.1: An award-winning, student-run radio station where students can pursue careers in both on-air and behind-the-scenes roles in broadcast communication from the first day of classes
- Students are encouraged to study abroad, with opportunities on five continents from three-week courses to full-time term-long or full-year programs
- 90% of international students are on OPT or are employed upon graduating
- If you are looking for a different form of higher education in the following areas: higher overall student satisfaction, a general feeling that professors take a personal interest in the student's education, perception of encouragement to participate in discussion, and a program which allows you generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects, a liberal arts college like North Central College will be the best fit for you.
- North Central College is on a 65-acre (24 ha) campus in downtown Naperville on Chicago Avenue, only a 40-minute drive from Chicago City. Its attractive location provides students the enjoyment of the charm of a small town while receiving benefits of all amenities and career opportunities of the nearby 3rd-biggest city of the United States, Chicago.
- North Central College garnered recognition as a top producer of Fulbright students. Opportunities for undergraduate research may be few and far between at a state university but at North Central, every single undergraduate receives the chance to work one-on-one with a faculty member engaged in some type of original research. The college also has opportunities for individual work, such as the Richter Independent Study Grants and the Honors program's Senior Honors Thesis.
- North Central offers a superior education quality and a price well below the book-price tuition figure. It offers international students generous scholarship packages from 55% to 70%.
Bachelor Scholarship:
- Freshman: $31,000-$34,000/year (Renewable)
- Transfer: $28,000-$31,000/year (Renewable)
ESL Program Scholarship:
Conditionally admitted undergraduate students enrolled in the English Language Institute can also qualify for up to 75% of their ELI tuition to be credited towards their first 1 – 2 semester(s) of degree study through the ELI-To-Degree Scholarship. Students enroll in NCC’s ESL program are still eligible for bachelor scholarships.
Tuition: $45,726/year
Room & Board: $13,562/year
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Undergraduate (Direct Admission) |
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Transcript |
Admission: GPA 2.5+ Scholarship: GPA 3.0+ |
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Transcript evaluation |
Freshman: No Transfer: Yes |
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English proficiency |
IELTS 6.5+/TOEFL 79+ |
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Standardized test: SAT/ACT |
No |
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Special requirements: Portfolio, audition, interview, work experience, etc. |
No |
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Resume |
No |
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Personal statement |
Yes |
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Recommendation letter |
Optional |
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Application fee |
$0 |
Undergraduate: ALL PROGRAMS
- Business: Actuarial Science, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource, Marketing, Accounting, International Business, Finance, Economics.
- Arts & Design: Graphic Design, Interactive Media Studies, Music, Theatre.
- Health & Human Services: Nuclear Medicine Technology, Nutrition Science, Neuroscience, Radiation Therapy, Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
- Computing: Computer Science.
- Engineering & Technology: Electrical, Computer, Mechanical.
- Social Sciences & Education: Music Education, Art Education, Elementary/ Secondary Education, Psychology, Journalism and Media Communication.
Fall intake: June 1
Spring intake: November 1
