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NewU University

Private College in Washington, DC.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate
99%
Applicants
2,743
Yield rate
0.7%

NewU University admits 99% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 2,743 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 1% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.

Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)

These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.

Test 25th–75th percentile Submitted
SAT Evidence-Based Reading
SAT Math
ACT Composite

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

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Academics

Full-time retention
64%
Transfer-out rate
Student:faculty
4:1

No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 64% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. At 4:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 18 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$9,390
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
94%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 18 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $9,390 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Grant aid is widespread — 94% of students receive it, averaging $10,568.

Entering first-year students

A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.

% receiving grants
94%
Average grant
$10,810

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 16 students

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (District of Columbia) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,953/mo
1 bedroom
$2,015/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$2,246/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Compare NewU University with peer institutions

How we evaluate NewU University

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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