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	549	867	33	84
Other first-year, degree-seeking	367	610	74	275
All other degree-seeking	1474	2574	318	1334
Total degree-seeking	2390	4051	425	1693
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses	7	12	88	122
Total undergraduates	2397	4063	513	1815
Graduate
Degree-seeking, first-time	24	85	23	92
All other degree-seeking	40	91	94	399
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses	2	3	41	165
Total graduate	66	179	158	656

Total All Undergraduates: 8,788
Total All Graduates: 1,059
GRAND TOTAL, ALL STUDENTS: 9,847

B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category.

	Degree-Seeking First-time First-year	Degree-Seeking Undergraduates (including first-time first-year)
Nonresident aliens	1	33
Black, non-hispanic	529	2688
American Indian or Alaskan Native	40	172
Asian or Pacific Islander	13	72
Hispanic	34	161
White, non-Hispanic	863	5063
Race/ethnicity unknown	53	370
Total	1533	8559

Persistence
B3. Number of degrees awarded by NSU from July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2005.

Certificate/diploma	0
Associate Degrees	275
Bachelor's Degrees	1061
Postbachelor's Certificates	0
Master's Degrees	223
Post-Master's Certificates	20
Doctoral Degrees	0
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 1999 Cohort

Report for the cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1999. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1999.

B4. Initial 1999 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students:	1,520
B5. Of the initial 1999 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	3
B6. Final 1999 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:	1,517
B7. Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2003):	209
B8. Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2003 and by August 31, 2004):	196
B9. Of the initial 1999 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2004 and by August 31, 2005):	78
B10. Total graduating within six years:	483
B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1999 cohort:	31.84%

Retention Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2004 (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 2004 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2005?

66.21%

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