The Office of Financial Aid offers about 2,300 undergraduates work on campus in the University bookstore, libraries, and department offices or in community service offices. Jobs to cover meal costs are also available. Northwestern participates in the National Merit and National Achievement scholarship programs. To qualify you must be a National Merit finalist, name Northwestern as your first-choice school, and demonstrate financial need. The Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship program is a source of financial aid for students interested in careers in the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Aid can cover all or some portion of tuition, books, fees, and a stipend for four years.
A wide range of additional information on financing your college education is available from the Financial Aid Information Page . This page contains helpful resources such as the Financial Aid Estimation Form, which you can use to estimate your expected family contribution the Student Loan Adviser, which helps you estimate the amount of educational debt you can reasonably afford the Loan Payment Calculator , which enables you to estimate loan payments fastWEB, a scholarship search database containing more than 400,000 private-sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans from more than 10,000 sources tuition payment plans, including loans, savings plan options, and insurance plans Also, College Board Online provides information about financial aid services as well as references to other helpful publications. World Wide Web Disclaimer and University Policy Statements .