Norwich University
Private College in Northfield, VT. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $65,575.
A decade after enrolling, the median Norwich University student earns $65,575 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Six-year completion sits at 60%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $25,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.8% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Norwich University accepts 74% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool runs to 5,313, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 14%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 3% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 540–650 | 15 (3%) |
| SAT Math | 520–670 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 60% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 79% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The part-time picture is harder: 43% return, against 79% full-time. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,491 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,496 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $15,610 while those at $110k+ pay $27,854. Most students get help: 95% receive grants worth $39,373 on average. About 49% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 490 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $15,610 |
| $30–48k | $16,164 |
| $48–75k | $17,332 |
| $75–110k | $22,046 |
| $110k+ | $27,854 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,225 of these 2,491 students, totalling $14,406,132 — an average of $11,760 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washington County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)