Norfolk State University
700 Park Avenue
Norfolk, Virginia 23504
www.nsu.edu

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ABOUT NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY

Norfolk State University (NSU), located in the City of Norfolk in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region, is a public, urban, comprehensive University offering programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Founded in 1935, NSU adheres to the traditional purpose of the Historically Black University and espouses the tradition of service to its students, its alumni, the academy, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world. With an annual enrollment of nearly 8,000 students, the student-teacher ratio is 16:1.

RANKING

• Among the best public master’s institutions in the South (U.S. News & World Report 2009 America’s Best Colleges)

• Nature Photonics, a prestigious scientific journal, recently highlighted the works of Dr. Mikhail Noginov and research associates at NSU in collaboration with Purdue University. The research effort was supported by several grants including the recently awarded NSF PREM: “Photonic Metamaterials”
  

RESEARCH

• R&D expenditures in FY07 amounted to almost $6.5 million
• Among the research centers and Institutes of Excellence located at NSU are the Center for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences, the Center for Strategic & Global Studies, the Rapid Response Robotic Telescope, the Nuclear & Particle Physics Group and the Center for Material Research
• To learn more about NSU’s research activities, please visit http://www.nsu.edu/researchatnsu

FULLTIME ENROLLMENT
(2009-10): 6,993

IN-STATE TUITION: Undergraduate: $3,163 / 15 credit hours; Graduate: $3,599 / 9 credit hours
OUT OF STATE TUITION: Undergraduate: $9,689 / 15 credit hours; Graduate: $9,958 / 9 credit hours

AFFILIATED SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, GRADUATE SCHOOLS

School of Business
School of Education
School of Liberal Arts
School of Science & Technology
School of Social Work

NUMBER OF DEGREES CONFERRED (2009-2010)

Associate's: 56
Bachelor’s:: 712
Master’s: 212
Ph.D.'s: 8

SELECTED DEGREES OFFERED