Northwest University, USA

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For another school with a similar name, see Northwestern University

For other schools named Northwest University please see Northwest University, China.

Northwest University is a Christian institution of higher learning located in Kirkland, Washington. It consists of the College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Business, the School of Education, the School of Ministry, the Mark and Hulda Buntain School of Nursing , and the Graduate School of Psychology. Northwest University offers bachelor's degrees in a range of subjects, as well as the M.B.A. and the M.A. in counseling psychology.

Northwest University was founded by the Northwest Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God and opened to students on October 1, 1934 as the Northwest Bible Institute. A switch from a three- to a four-year curriculum in 1948 brought about a name change to Northwest Bible College. Ten years later the college moved to Kirkland, and in 1962, another name change was made, to Northwest College of the Assemblies of God. On December 4, 2003, the College's Board of Directors voted to change the name of the institution to Northwest University. Explained the chairman of the board, Reverend Les Welk, "With so many of our peer institutions changing their names to include 'University'...the names 'College' and 'University' are taking on different meanings. We could not ignore this change, especially as we intend to attract additional students and donors." For a rather long period of time the university's athletics competed without a mascot before officially settling on the name Eagles.

The university is a regionally accredited, Christian coeducational institution awarding associate, baccalaureate, and master’s degrees. The University is operated under the control of the Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Northwest, Southern Idaho, and Wyoming districts of the Assemblies of God. All these districts are represented on the University’s Board of Directors.

The campus is a semi-wooded tract of fifty-six acres overlooking Lake Washington and the city of Seattle. A view of the snow-clad Olympics graces the skyline to the west. The student apartments on campus never have available parking.

The mission of Northwest University is to provide, in a distinctly evangelical Christian environment, quality education to prepare students for service and leadership. It finds its crowning joy in thousands of alumni serving in nearly every profession around the world.