Our Alumni Community

The demographics of Northwestern alumni at a glance.

Our Alumni Community

The demographics of Northwestern alumni at a glance.

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The Northwestern Alumni Association (NAA) is working to deepen our understanding of Northwestern alumni so we can provide meaningful programming and better represent the interests of all alumni.

To get a more complete picture of our alumni, the NAA has combined existing data with results from the Alumni Community Census, which launched in 2021. Capturing current alumni information is an ongoing effort. As alumni continue to provide their information through this annual exercise, we will update the data featured below.

Data below based on living, contactable alumni as of September 2024.

Total Contactable Alumni: 260,000+

By School

A chart with a breakout by school. It reads: Bienen School of Music 3.31%; Business (Undergraduate - Evanston) 1.30%; Dental School 1.51%; Feinberg School of Medicine 8.74%; Kellogg School of Management 19.22%; McCormick School of Engineering 11.32%; Medill School of Journalism 6.65%; Pritzker School of Law 5.98%; School of Communication 8.67%; School of Education & Social Policy 4.66%; School of Professional Studies 4.83%; The Graduate School 1.62%; Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences 21.91%; Other 0.28%

 

By Type of Degree

A chart with a breakout by type of degree. It reads: Undergraduate 42.47%; Graduate 22.61%; Professional 32.13%; Nondegreed 2.79%

 

By Dual Degrees

11.0% hold dual degrees

 

By First Generation Status

13.8% are known first-generation graduates

 

By Decade of Graduation

A chart with a breakout by decade of graduation. It reads: 1930s 0.44%; 1940s 1.18%; 1950s 3.52%; 1960s 6.87%; 1970s 10.38%; 1980s 13.66%; 1990s 16.33%; 2000s 18.05%; 2010s 22.44%; 2020s 11.05%

 

By Low Income

A chart with a breakout of Low Income Status. It reads: Yes 14.31%; No 81.07%; Prefer not to answer 4.83%

Approximately 6.04% of the contactable alumni population self-reported their status of being from a low-income family during college. The chart only represents those who have self-reported this information.

 

A heat map of the continental United States. The darkest purple state (and therefore highest alumni population) is Illinois. Other high pop states include: California, New York, Florida, and Texas

 

A heat map of the world noting alumni population by country outside of the USA. The darkest purple country (and therefore highest alumni population) is China. Other High pop countries include: Canada, Mexico, India, United Kingdom, and Brazil