The University Northwestern is a private research university located on lakefront campuses in Evanston and Chicago. The University ranked 14th in a US News and World Report survey of the nation's best universities. Evanston Evanston, the first suburb north of Chicago, is twelve miles from Chicago's Loop. The city's 70,000 citizens make up a racially, ethnically, and financially diverse community.
O'Hare airport is a half-hour away.
The campus of 240 acres stretches for a mile along Lake Michigan. Northwestern's campus has beaches, tennis courts, a sailing club, and a large indoor sports and aquatic center.