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Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Total
Students
Full-Time
Undergrads
Percent Accepted Percent Women Resident Tuition & Fees Non-Res. Tuition & Fees Room & Board
9,4316,09987%64%$3,553$9,631$4,686
Year last surveyed2007
Address350 Sam Sibley Drive
Natchitoches LA 71497
Phone(318) 357-6361
Admissionsin-state: (800) 327-1903
out-of-state: (800) 327-1903
Carnegie ClassificationMaster's Colleges and Universities I
Typecomprehensive higher education institution [awards bachelor's and may also award associate degrees, offers graduate programs primarily at the master's, specialist's, or professional level, but not more than two doctoral programs]
Student BodyCoeducational
Established1884
Institutional ControlPublic – State
Academic CalendarSemesters

Enrollment Details: Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen men.471
Number of full-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen women.852
Number of part-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen men.15
Number of part-time, degree-seeking, first-time freshmen women.41
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time men.290
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, full-time women.445
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking, part-time men.60
Number of other first-year, degree-seeking part-time women.215
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time men.1,377
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking full-time women.2,640
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time men.320
Number of all other undergraduate degree-seeking part-time women.1,308
Number of all other full-time undergraduate men enrolled in credit courses.12
Number of all other full-time undergraduate women enrolled in credit courses.12
Number of all other part-time undergraduate men enrolled in credit courses.65
Number of all other part-time undergraduate women enrolled in credit courses.125
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students.1,520
Number of allowable exclusions from initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students, including death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or participation in official church missions.3
Number of students in the final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students after adjusting for exclusions due to death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, participation in official church missions, or other allowable exclusions.1,517
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in 4 years or less.209
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 4 years but in 5 years or less.196
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program in more than 5 years but in 6 years or less.78
Number of students in the initial cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who completed the bachelor's program within 6 years.483
Six-year graduation rate for final cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students (adjusting for allowable exclusions).31.84%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA.88.37%
Number of degree-seeking transfer students enrolled.562
Total number of full-time undergraduate men.2,150
Total number of full-time undergraduate women.3,949
Total number of part-time undergraduate men.460
Total number of part-time undergraduate women.1,689
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) men.68
Total number of full-time graduate (excluding first-professional) women.222
Total number of part-time graduate (excluding first-professional) men.170
Total number of part-time graduate (excluding first-professional) women.723
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.2,218
Total number of full-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.4,171
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional men.630
Total number of part-time undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional women.2,412
Total number of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution.8,248
Total number of undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional students enrolled at the institution.9,431
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate nonresident aliens. Nonresident aliens are excluded from counts for racial/ethnic categories.35
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate black, non-Hispanics.2,404
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate American Indians/Alaskan natives.150
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Asians/Pacific Islanders.75
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate Hispanics.152
Number of degree-seeking undergraduate white, non-Hispanics.4,832
Number of degree-seeking undergraduates whose race/ethnicity is unknown.386
Total number of degree-seeking undergraduates across all racial/ethnic categories.8,034
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates age 25 or older.30.02%
Percentage of degree-seeking undergraduates who are from out-of-state (excluding international students/nonresident aliens).8%
Number of U.S. states and territories (including Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico; for Canadian Schools: provinces and territories) from which undergraduates come.43
Number of foreign countries from which undergraduates come.26
Percentage of total degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank data.80.93%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top half of high school graduating class.68.38%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top quarter of high school graduating class.37.77%
Percentage of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students in top tenth of high school graduating class.13.77%
Average high school GPA on 4.0 scale for degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students.3.15
Number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who were valedictorians.39
Percentage of full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered the institution as freshmen in the previous academic year and returned for the fall term of the current academic year.66.1%
Number of Associate degrees awarded during previous year.269
Number of Bachelor's degrees awarded during previous year.1,019
Number of Master's degrees awarded during previous year.212
Number of Post-master's certificates awarded during previous year.19
Number of Doctoral degrees awarded during previous year.1
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 21 or younger.57%
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 22-24.17%
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 25-29.10%
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 30-45.13%
Percent of degree-seeking undergraduates age 46 or older.3%
Academic year for which awards/outcomes data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).1999
Year for which retention data are reported (e.g., 2003 for academic year 2002-2003).2006

Data Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Dataset, © 2007. All rights reserved.