Northwestern Health Sciences University

What is the cost of studying for a year at Northwestern Health Sciences University?

Northwestern Health Sciences University's published 2024-25 IPEDS figures show the same undergraduate tuition for in-state and out-of-state students. These figures describe tuition and required fees, not a complete annual living budget or the price of every professional program.

• Full-time undergraduate tuition: $11,040, plus $975 in required fees.
• Part-time undergraduate tuition: $460 per credit hour.
• Full-time graduate tuition: $9,900, plus $975 in required fees.
• Part-time graduate tuition: $515 per credit hour.

Students also need to budget for books and equipment, transportation, food, housing, and personal expenses. Clinical or professional programs may have different tuition structures and additional requirements, so applicants should use a current program-specific cost-of-attendance estimate rather than applying the general graduate figure to a Doctor of Chiropractic degree.

Financial aid changes what a student pays, but loans reduce the amount due now rather than the eventual cost of education. In the reported 2024-25 undergraduate aid data, half of students received financial aid and 37% had student loans. The reported average grant award from federal, state, local, institutional, or other sources was $5,668 among recipients. A reported average net price of $35,887 for a lower-income group illustrates why applicants should examine the population and expenses behind any net-price figure rather than compare it directly with tuition alone.

Eligible students may be able to use federal grants or loans, state aid, institutional scholarships, or military education benefits. Filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid is the usual starting point for federal aid; the university's financial-aid office can explain program eligibility and provide an individualized estimate.

What are the work-study opportunities at Northwestern Health Sciences University?

Students interested in paid work should distinguish a regular part-time job from Federal Work-Study, which is a need-based financial-aid program. A work-study award does not itself place a student in a job; eligible students generally must find and perform approved work to earn the wages.

Northwestern Health Sciences University's financial-aid office can clarify whether a student's program and aid package permit work-study and how campus positions are advertised. For career-related experience, students should also ask their program about supervised clinical training, internships, and employer contacts. Those experiences can be educational requirements or unpaid placements rather than student employment, so their schedules and compensation need to be checked separately.