College · Private nonprofit · Northfield, VT · Rural
Norwich University
Northfield, VT
Admit rate74%
6-yr median pay$60k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size2,428
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $60k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 74% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1190.
If you get in
2,428 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $67k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$269k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$89k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$180k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $49.7k
- Room & board
- $14.7k
- Books & supplies
- $2,176
How students pay for it.
Pell grants24%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans46%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention74%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr60%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$60k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$66k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,428
- Location
- Northfield, VT
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White67%
- Hispanic11%
- Two or more races7%
- Black5%
- International5%
- Asian3%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students24%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time16%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$68k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 41
What you can study.