Northwestern College named Best Christian Workplace for third year

For the third year in a row, Northwestern College has been certified as a Best Christian Workplace. The latest recognition is based on data from the 2025 Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) survey, which measures the health of workplace culture in Christian organizations. The college scored an all-time high of 4.19 on a five-point scale, placing in the 91st percentile for the higher education category.

The BCWI survey addresses several key drivers that contribute to employees’ flourishing in the work environment: teamwork within departments and across campus, ability of employees to find purpose in their work and to utilize their spiritual gifts, retention and promotion of highly capable employees, supportive supervisors, rewarding compensation and benefits, high-quality administrative leadership, sustainable strategy and goal-setting, and healthy communication.

“Achieving our highest score ever as a certified Best Christian Workplace is really a reflection of the incredibly talented, devoted and faithful employees we have at Northwestern,” says President Greg Christy. “These are people who love the Lord and one another well, which provides an ideal setting for our standout students to be nurtured, challenged and supported to become all God intends for them to be. What a joy to be associated with faculty, staff and administrators who invest so much of themselves in this Kingdom-building work!”

Christy says four themes emerged for why employees regard Northwestern as a great place to work: commitment to the college’s Christian mission, a culture of excellence, flexible hours and a family-friendly work environment, and a love for the people of NWC. As one respondent wrote, “I am thankful to work in a Christian environment with such a meaningful mission. I love being able to make a positive impact and walk alongside students throughout their journeys.”

In this year’s survey, every division of Northwestern rated its experience at 4.0 or higher. In addition, 67% of all employees rated the college at 4.0 or higher—nearly 12% above all other colleges and universities that work with BCWI.