NSU is committed to maintaining and increasing the graduation rate of its student body. Student success/achievement is measured by an institution's ability to retain and graduate students. The University tracks and analyzes the 6-year graduation rate of enrolled students. Graduation rates are based on the percentage of first-time, full-time students who received a degree within six years or 150 percent of normal time to completion.
The Six-Year Graduation Rates table below examines cohorts' graduation performance from the academic years 2009 to 2013. The six-year graduation rate for Norfolk State University students was 39 percent for the Fall 2013 cohort (i.e., a 2 percent increase from the Fall 2012 cohort and 1 percent above its peer institutions). As shown in the table below, Norfolk State University’s graduation rate is steadily increasing and within a close range of the average 6-year graduation rates for universities with similar institutional characteristics.The 2019-2025 Strategic Plan outlines the threshold for achievement relative to graduation rates; the University's goal is to increase the six-year graduation rate to 45 percent by 2025.
Six-Year Graduation Rates
|
Cohort Year
|
NSU Graduation Rate
|
Peer Institutions Graduation Rates
|
| 2014 |
40% |
41% |
|
2013
|
39%
|
38%
|
|
2012
|
37%
|
38%
|
|
2011
|
42%
|
38%
|
|
2010
|
34%
|
39%
|
|
2009
|
37%
|
37%
|
Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)/Institutional Research