Indiana University Northwest

Indiana University Northwest (IU Northwest) is a regional university campus in the Indiana University system in Gary, Indiana, USA, established in 1963.

§Courses

IU Northwest is located on a 36-acre (14.57 ha) campus in the northwest corner of the state. There are off-campus instructional sites in Portage and at the Academic Learning Center. Class sizes average 30 students, and the faculty-student ratio is 1 to 14.

Programs, part- and full-time, are taught during days, evenings, and weekends, and lead to certificates and associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. There are more than 180 full-time and more than 100 part-time faculty, more than 80% of whom have doctorates or the highest degree available in their field.

There is a network of 22,000 alumni.

§College, schools, and divisions

Indiana University Northwest is organized into two colleges, two schools, two divisions, Library and Information Science, and pre-professional programs:

• College of Arts and Sciences
  • Containing the departments of:
    • Anthropology
    • Biology
    • Chemistry/Physics/Astronomy
    • Communication
    • Computer Information Systems
    • Economics
    • English
    • Fine Arts
    • Geosciences
    • History
    • Master of Liberal Studies
    • Mathematics
    • Minority Studies
    • Modern Languages/Comparative Literature/Linguistics
    • Performing Arts
    • Philosophy
    • Political Science
    • Psychology
    • Sociology
    • Women's and Gender Studies

• College of Health and Human Services
  • Containing the departments of:
    • Dental Education
    • Health Information Management
    • School of Nursing
    • School of Public and Environmental Affairs
    • Radiologic Sciences
    • Division of Social Work
    • IU School of Medicine - Northwest

• School of Business and Economics

• School of Education

• Division of Continuing Studies

• Division of Labor Studies

• Library and Information Science

• Pre-Professional Programs
  • Containing the departments of:
    • Health professions
    • Law

§Student Enrollment

In the fall of 2013, 6,387 students were enrolled at IU Northwest. Of that:

• 92% undergraduates and 8% graduate students
• 67% full-time students and 33% part-time students
• 67% women and 33% men
• 99% residents of Northwest Indiana
• 55% Caucasian, 22% African-American, 17% Hispanic students, 2% Asian and 0.2% Native American

§Financial aid

US$27.5 million is awarded to IU Northwest students annually. 73% of IU Northwest students receive financial aid

§Athletics

IU-Northwest teams are known as the RedHawks. The university competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as an Independent member in the Association of Independent Institutions (AII). Men's sports include basketball; while women's sports include basketball and volleyball.

§Clubs and organizations

§References

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1. ^{1 endowment} "America's Best Colleges 2008". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved March 5, 2008. 
2. ^{2 real_estate} "FactBook > Physical Facilities > Real Estate Acreage". Indiana University system. Retrieved February 1, 2008. 
3. ^{3 full-time_faculty} "FactBook > Personnel > Number of Faculty > full-time". Indiana University system. Retrieved February 1, 2008. 

§External links

• Official website
• Official athletics website

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