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	470	808	11	50
Other first-year, degree-seeking	242	455	39	191
All other degree-seeking	1307	2348	352	1404
Total degree-seeking	2019	3611	402	1645
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses	10	11	108	171
Total undergraduates	2029	3622	510	1816
Graduate
Degree-seeking, first-time	29	56	16	89
All other degree-seeking	36	98	99	442
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses	1	4	24	166
Total graduate	66	158	139	697

Total All Undergraduates: 7,977
Total All Graduates: 1,060
GRAND TOTAL, ALL STUDENTS: 9,037

B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category.

	Degree-Seeking First-time First-year	Degree-Seeking Undergraduates (including first-time first-year)
Nonresident aliens	5	42
Black, non-hispanic	370	2232
American Indian or Alaskan Native	32	149
Asian or Pacific Islander	15	81
Hispanic	28	167
White, non-Hispanic	811	4599
Race/ethnicity unknown	78	407
Total	1339	7677

Persistence
B3. Number of degrees awarded by NSU from July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007.

Certificate/diploma	0
Associate Degrees	373
Bachelor's Degrees	1052
Postbachelor's Certificates	0
Master's Degrees	253
Post-Master's Certificates	24
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 2001 Cohort

Report for the cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2001. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 2001.

B4. Initial 2001 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students:	1,144
B5. Of the initial 2001 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	8
B6. Final 2001 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions:	1,136
B7. Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2005):	212
B8. Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2005 and by August 31, 2006):	186
B9. Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2006 and by August 31, 2007):	53
B10. Total graduating within six years:	451
B11. Six-year graduation rate for 2001 cohort:	39.70%

Retention Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2006 (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 2006 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the your institution calculates its official enrollment in fall 2007?

66.33%

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