Common Data Set - Enrollment and Persistence

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Enrollment and Persistence

Institutional Enrollment - Men and Women · Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category· Persistence
Graduation Rates · Retention Rates

B1. Institutional Enrollment - Men and Women. The number of students for each of the following categories reflect the enrollments as of Northwestern's 14th class day (official census date).

	FULL-TIME		PART-TIME
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Undergraduates
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen	723	1,114	111	225
Other first-year, degree-seeking	416	623	104	360
All other degree-seeking	1,535	2,557	325	1,258
Total degree-seeking	2,674	4,294	540	1,843
Total undergraduates	2,674	4,294	540	1,843
Graduate
Degree-seeking, first-time	31	55	33	113
All other degree-seeking	52	115	80	380
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses	6	16	43	230
Total graduate	89	186	156	723

Total All Undergraduates: 9,351
Total All Graduates: 1,154
GRAND TOTAL, ALL STUDENTS: 10,505

B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category.

	Degree-Seeking First-time First-year	Degree-Seeking Undergraduates (including first-time first-year)
Nonresident aliens	0	34
Black, non-hispanic	808	2,837
American Indian or Alaskan Native	50	181
Asian or Pacific Islander	13	81
Hispanic	32	152
White, non-Hispanic	1,179	5,642
Race/ethnicity unknown	91	424
Total	2,173	9,351

Persistence
B3. Number of degrees awarded by NSU from July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003.

Certificate/diploma	0
Associate Degrees	269
Bachelor's Degrees	1,019
Postbachelor's Certificates	0
Master's Degrees	212
Post-Master's Certificates	19
Doctoral Degrees	1
First Professional Degrees	0
First Professional Certificates	0

Graduation Rates
The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System's Graduation Rate Survey (GRS).

For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs

Fall 1997 Cohort

Report for the cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1997. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1997.

B4. Initial 1997 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students:	1,410
B5. Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions	N/A
B6. Final 1997 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:	1,410
B7. Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2001):	148
B8. Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2001 and by August 31, 2002):	218
B9. Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2002 and by August 31, 2003):	124
B10. Total graduating within six years:	490
B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1997 cohort:	34.7%

Retention Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2002 (or the preceding summer term). The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, services in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions. No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

B22. For the cohort of all full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 2002 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2003?

65.1%

Common Data Set - 03-04 Common Data Set - Enrollment and Persistence

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