High School Counselors

Help First-Time College Students Thrive by Partnering with NLU

Why NLU?

Attending college for the first time brings excitement and new challenges. NLU makes the transition as easy as possible by welcoming our first-time college students into a supportive environment with plenty of resources at their disposal. We support every student with career coaching and academic advising to ensure that they leave with not only a degree, but a sense of purpose, as well.


Washington Monthly ranked National Louis University at #18 in the entire country in their 2022 College Guide and Rankings

High Quality Post-Secondary Pathway for Your Students

Our innovative student-focused approach to undergraduate education has several distinctive features, making us a great choice for your students to continue their academic career and prepare yourself for success:

Affordable tuition for the best value
Personalized, small class sizes, with hands-on instructional approach
Flexible course schedules tailored to student needs
Success/career coaches for personal, academic, and career guidance
Career preparation embedded across the academic experience
Counseling, Wellness, & Basic Need Insecurities supports
Numerous student organizations, including honor societies, diversity programs, first-year experience and mentoring opportunities, leadership programs, Greek life and more!

Workforce Development

We understand the need to educate and train individuals to meet the needs of current and future businesses and industries in order to maintain a sustainable, competitive economic environment. That’s one of the many reasons why NLU embeds career development coursework into undergraduate programming and offers a variety of ways for students to focus on career preparation, starting their freshman year.

Accelerate U at NLU also offers affordable, rapid training experiences that come with college credit, industry credentials and a path and opportunity to a full-time job.

Learn more about the NLU Freshman Experience and How to Apply here.