by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Norfolk State University took the #1076 spot.
Norfolk State also ranked #29 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Virginia.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 64.9% of the total graduate students at Norfolk State are women and 35.1% are men.
About 82.6% of the graduate students who attend Norfolk State are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 6.2% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,820 | $20,872 |
| Fees | $3,870 | $3,870 |
Master's degree recipients from Norfolk State earn an average salary of $48,649 during the early years of their career. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 17% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Norfolk State University.
Contact details for Norfolk State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 700 Park Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23504-8000 |
| Phone: | 757-823-8600 |
| Website: | www.nsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Norfolk-State-University/114887855927 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/nsuspartanz |
About 87.6% of the graduate students at Norfolk State University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 25.6% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 3 |
| Materials Sciences | 5 |
| Social Work | 2 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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