Does Northwestern have residency requirements?
For a bachelor’s degree, Northwestern requires that you complete your last 23 units (six quarters of full-time study) while enrolled as an undergraduate at Northwestern, regardless of the amount of college work you have completed elsewhere. Northwestern uses a course definition in which each course equals one unit of credit. The full-time course load consists of four units per quarter or 12 units per academic year. Between 45 and 48 units are required for graduation, depending on the Northwestern undergraduate school.
