Home : Northwestern University. Admissions: Northwestern University. Northwestern University Profile - SAT Scores and Admissions Data. Northwestern University Description: Northwestern University is a large, competitive, private university located on a 240-acre campus in Evanston, Illinois, a suburban community just north of Chicago on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Northwestern has a rare balance of exceptional academics and athletics. It is the only private university in the Big Ten athletic conference. For its strengths in research and instruction, Northwestern earned membership in the Association of American Universities. For its strong liberal arts and sciences, the university was awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.