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The rapport you see is real. The respect you feel is sincere. The relationship is genuine. Their words are unscripted and unrehearsed. They are unedited and from the heart.

Our students get a lot from NLU. So will you. Join the conversation.
When we asked our students what they got from their NLU experience, most of them said:

Really Small Classes:
Nearly all of our classes have fewer than 20 students and U.S. News and World Report ranked NLU fifth in the country for small undergraduate class size.

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Lots of Scholarships and Financial Aid:
NLU annually awards more than $3 million in merit and need based aid to undergraduate transfer students.

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Lots of Online Classes:
You can take dozens of courses—and earn six degrees online: B.S. in Management, B.S. in Management Information Systems, B.S. in Heath Care Leadership (beginning Winter 2008), the M.B.A., the M.Ed. in Interdisciplinary Studies in Curriculum and Instruction and the M.Ed. In Adult, Continuing and Literacy Education.

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Really Good Degree Programs:
Graduate degrees from the National College of Education—recognized nationwide for teacher preparation and educational leadership. Fast-track undergraduate degrees in business, health care leadership and applied behavioral sciences. The largest non-clinical master’s program in psychology in the state of Illinois.

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Really good and extraordinary faculty:

What really surprised many NLU students is what they got from our faculty.

Encouragement. Support. Wisdom. Friendship. Counsel. Hope. Understanding. Inspiration. Practical applications. Personal attention.

Faculty who treat them as adults. Who are comfortable with diverse points of view. Who look at each student as an individual. Who expect to be challenged. Faculty who actually teach their classes. Who are good teachers. Who like teaching. Faculty who get it.

NLU Alumni—Did you get it at NLU?

We want to know what our graduates have been doing. Where you are now. What program you studied. What faculty member you remember. What friendships you started. And we want to hear what YOU got at NLU. Tell us your story online.

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