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Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·New England·norwich.edu
6-yr Graduation
60%
-10.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
3,149
peer median 4,349
Avg net price
$25,600
-$11k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
5,313
5,313 candidates competed
Admitted
3,955
74.4% acceptance rate
Enrolled
544
13.8% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
60%-10.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
53%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
60%
Full-time retention
79%

Pell equity

10.0pp gap
Pell recipients
52%
Non-Pell
62%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 68 Title IV programs, 24 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 44 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
68
Passing
24
35.3% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

68programs
  • Passing24 · 35.3%
  • No Data44 · 64.7%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
23
No data
44

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

24
Architecture
Master's Degree · Architecture And Related Services
+19.1%
$71,564 vs $60,112
History
Master's Degree · History
+30.3%
$70,211 vs $53,884
International Relations and National Security Studies
Master's Degree · Social Sciences
+49.6%
$89,927 vs $60,112
Civil Engineering
Master's Degree · Engineering
+52.8%
$91,857 vs $60,112
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+54.5%
$53,775 vs $34,808
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+56.4%
$54,456 vs $34,808
Architecture
Bachelor Degree · Architecture And Related Services
+68.2%
$58,534 vs $34,808
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+73.9%
$104,519 vs $60,112

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

22
Civil Engineering
Master's Degree · Engineering
59%
$54,491 debt · $91,857 earn
History
Master's Degree · History
58%
$40,770 debt · $70,211 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
50%
$27,000 debt · $53,775 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
48%
$26,000 debt · $54,456 earn
Architecture
Bachelor Degree · Architecture And Related Services
46%
$27,000 debt · $58,534 earn
Public Administration
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
39%
$32,782 debt · $85,253 earn
International Relations and National Security Studies
Master's Degree · Social Sciences
38%
$34,539 debt · $89,927 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
37%
$25,994 debt · $70,075 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

New England Commission of Higher Education

Accredited since 1933Next review Jun 2031

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 4

  1. Apr 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
  2. Nov 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    New England Commission of Higher Education
  3. Oct 2016Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  4. Apr 2011Renewal of Accreditation
    New England Commission of Higher Education

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$19,842
$30–48k$20,895
$48–75k$22,423
$75–110k$25,197
$110k+$31,555

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$25,600
-$11,293vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $36,894
Federal loans
45.9%
In-state tuition
$49,600
Out-of-state
$49,600

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 785 students received $4.4M in Pell grants, alongside $15.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
785
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$4.4M
$4,423,395 total
Direct Loans
$15.3M
2,406 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.5M
850 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.0M
1,037 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$3.5M
266 loan awards
Parent PLUS$3.2M
161 loan awards
Grad PLUS$1.2M
92 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 1,066 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (1.5%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.5%
-0.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,066
Defaulted
17
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
4.3%
2017
5.6%
2018
4.1%
2019
1.5%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Norwich

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs56
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

876 total completions
01Military Tech
14216.2%
02Security/Protective
12814.6%
03Business
12714.5%
04Computer Sciences
11413.0%
05Health Professions
11112.7%
06Social Sciences
9310.6%
07Engineering
617.0%
08History
546.2%
09Architecture
242.7%
10Psychology
222.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
3,149
12-mo unduplicated
5,186
Undergraduate
4,266
Graduate
920

Gender split

Men
68%3,536
Women
32%1,650

Race / ethnicity composition

White
67.6%
Hispanic
10.0%
Two or more
5.9%
Non-resident
5.7%
Black
4.5%
Unknown
2.9%
Asian
2.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
596
423 M · 173 W
Women athletes
29.0%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$4.7M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$51K
$24K
Head-coach salaries
$52K
$49K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 14

Other Sports
59 M · 38 W
$391K
Football
92 M ·
$666K
Lacrosse
45 M · 26 W
$367K
Ice Hockey
34 M · 25 W
$808K
Swimming and Diving (combined)
31 M · 22 W
$185K
Soccer
23 M · 25 W
$244K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.38
8 offenses · 3,363 students

3-year trend

2.522 yrs ago4.901 yr ago2.38Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
36
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
10
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
3
Fondling
3
Burglary
1
Motor vehicle theft
1

By location

8total
  • On campus7
  • Public property1

Includes 5 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
2
Stalking
3 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons11
Drugs08
Liquor028

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
13.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
145

Norwich vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Norwich selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectNorwich University
60%3,149$25,600Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Champlain College
65%82.9%3,259$35,000Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Endicott College
75%71.2%4,394$39,324Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Providence College
86%50.9%4,666$45,538Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Bentley University
87%45.1%5,333$38,787Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Johnson & Wales University-Providence
50%88.4%4,303$32,478Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median70%71.2%4,349$36,894

Frequently asked questions about Norwich University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Norwich.

What is the graduation rate at Norwich University?

Norwich University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 60% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Norwich University?

Norwich University reports a total enrollment of 3,149 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Norwich University?

The average net price at Norwich University is $25,600 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Norwich University?

Norwich University's yield rate is 13.8%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Norwich University located?

Norwich University is located in Northfield, Vermont 05663-1035.

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