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Information Summary

Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas

Reported area around or near Aberdeen, SD 57401-7198

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

Undergraduate	Professions plus arts & sciences, no graduate coexistence
Graduate	Single postbaccalaureate (education)
Undergraduate Population	Full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in
Enrollment	Very high undergraduate
Size & Setting	Small four-year, primarily residential

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Northern State University?

Ranks 1653rd for total cost of attendance

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Three year history and trends on the cost of attending

	In District	In State	Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees	$4,699  $5,280	$4,699  $5,280	$9,687  $10,674

	Cost (regardless of residency)
Books & Supplies	$800  $900
On-Campus – Room & Board	$3,980  $4,499
On-Campus – Other Expenses	$2,700  $2,900
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board	N/A  N/A
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses	N/A  N/A
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board	N/A  N/A

Admission Details

Admission Criteria

What criteria does Northern State University use for admissions?

= Required, = Recommended, = Neither required nor recommended

Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record	/ /
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations	N/A
Formal competency demo	N/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other tests	N/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does Northern State University accept?

Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity	645
Meals per Week	N/A
Room Fee	$2,378
Board Fee	$2,121

Student Financial Aid Details

How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?

Northern State University Ranks 2286th for the average student loan amount.

	Average	Users	% of Attendees
Federal Grant Aid	$3,545	147	40%
State & Local Grant Aid	$1,697	142	38%
Institutional Grant Aid	$1,338	187	51%
Student Loan Aid	$4,354	302	82%
Any financial aid type		344	93%

Student Enrollment Demographics

How many students are enrolled at Northern State University?

Student Graduation Demographics

How many students graduated at Northern State University?

Most Popular Fields of Study

The top 5 fields of study completed at Northern State University.

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?

Accounting				2		15	1	18
Art Teacher Education						1		1
Art/Art Studies, General					1	7	1	9
Banking and Financial Support Services
Biology/Biological Sciences, General					1	8	3	12
Business Administration and Management, General				1	1	39	2	43
Business Teacher Education						1		1
Chemistry, General		1				5		6
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist						1		1
Commercial and Advertising Art
Community Organization and Advocacy						1		1
Computer Programming, Other				1		2		3
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications						1		1
Computer and Information Sciences, Other						34	4	38
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration andManagement, Other						1		1
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services						12	1	13
Curriculum and Instruction						23		23
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration				2		6	1	9
Ecology						6	2	8
Economics, General
Education, General
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Other
Elementary Education and Teaching						50	1	51
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship						2		2
English Language and Literature, General						3	1	4
English/Language Arts Teacher Education						1		1
Finance, General		1			1	11	1	14
Foreign Language Teacher Education
French Language and Literature				1			1	2
General Studies			1			8	1	10
German Language and Literature							1	1
Health and Physical Education, General		1	2			7	2	12
History Teacher Education						2	1	3
History, General						8	3	11
Industrial Technology/Technician						2		2
International Business/Trade/Commerce						5	1	6
Management Information Systems, General				1		6	3	10
Marketing/Marketing Management, General						5		5
Mathematics Teacher Education						5	1	6
Mathematics, General
Music Teacher Education						10	2	12
Music, General						7	1	8
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching						4		4
Political Science and Government, General						2		2
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
Psychology, General						13		13
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education						3		3
Secondary School Administration/Principalship						8		8
Social Science Teacher Education						2		2
Social Work
Sociology		1	1			25	2	29
Spanish Language and Literature						2	1	3
Special Education and Teaching, General						5		5
Speech Teacher Education
Speech and Rhetorical Studies		1				2		3
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management						3	1	4
Teacher Assistant/Aide						3		3
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
Total		5	4	8	4	367	39	427

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

Northern State University Ranks 1787th for the average full-time faculty salary.

Tenure system
Average FT Salary	$51,567 ($54,062 male / $46,576 female)
Number of FT Faculty	93 (62 male / 31 female)
Number of PT Faculty	N/A
FT Faculty Ratio	N/A
Total Benefits	$1,145,508

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Northern State University Summary

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Northern State University (NSU) is a four-year public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. On January 7, 1899, Senator Lawson, often thought to be the father of the Northern Normal and Industrial School, proposed a bill for the creation of the school in Aberdeen; On November 10, the Thomases sold the two half-blocks in question to the state of South Dakota for one dollar and Andrew Melgaard received thirteen hundred for his twenty acre plot of land.2 Now the state was left with the task of funding the construction of the new school. now everything was in place for the creation of Northern Normal and Industrial School.2 The first president of the Northern Normal and Industrial School, Charles F. Koehler, opened the school with the purpose of providing students with and education in academic studies. Students entering the school with a high school diploma placed them into a one-year “High School Course” that prepared them to teach, students that had completed at least eighth grade entered into either a four-year “English Course” or “Latin Course”, and there was great flexibility in the rules so that students could receive credit for the high school they completed even if a diploma was not obtained.2 In addition to the Normal programs and Industrial programs, there was also a Model School; The Northern Normal and Industrial School would spend the next decade and a half modifying and defining the mission of the school. A proud moment for the school came on October 23, 1911, when the president of the United States, William Howard Taft, gave a speech, combing foreign policy issues with the role of the Normal school, in the newly completed auditorium of the Administration Building. Students at the school responded immediately to the war effort and celebrated “Loyalty Day” on April 19, 1917. School was closed for the day as students marched down the streets singing patriotic songs and waving flags. faculty members such as football Coach Strum, Professor Gillis and Professor Stech joined the military ranks.2 The school newspaper, The Exponent, began publishing letters from former students that had been sent to the war front and gave the first glimpse into the hardships of war; classes returned to normal, students were no longer sewing, knitting, or making bandages, students sent over seas were slowly returning and the flow of letters was dwindling; however, it would not be until 1939 that the State Legislature would change the school’s name from Northern Normal and Industrial School to Northern State Teachers College. Steele was the school president and he presided over the school from his induction in 1939 until 1951;2 he increased enrollment numbers, constructed new additions to the campus, and helped the school get through World War II. The school had experienced many changes in WWII: it now offered a flight and ground pilot program to train future military pilots, established a defense school, and also began to offer basic engineering programs.2 In response to NSTC’s changing size and programs South Dakota State Legislature changed the name in 1964 to Northern State College. In 1987 Northern State College received the second highest classification, from the Carnegie Commission, granted to any South Dakota college or University: Comprehensive I Institution. Then, two years later, on February 6, 1989, the state recognized this achievement and changed the name for the final time from Northern State College to Northern State University.1 According to the enrollment summary for the fall of 2006, though the majority of Northern State University’s students are Causcasian, it consists of students from many different cultures. Other than the 1, 806 Caucasian students that make up 77.88 percent of the student population, Asians make the next highest denomination having 127 people (5.48 percent). The smallest denomination of students is Hispanics consisting of twenty people, making up .86 percent of the total student body. 58.82 percent of the students, or 1, 364 students, are female and the remaining 41.18 percent, 955 students, are male. All in all, the attending students come from thirty-three different states and thirteen different countries. Northern State University has a total of nine full time and 187 part-time graduate students; A census of the graduate school and undergraduate school students revealed the youngest age group was in the undergraduate population and constituted 3.3 percent, 70 people, of the undergraduate population. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, the undergraduates have 202 students making up 9.51 percent of their students, while the graduate total of sixty-three people makes up 32.14 percent of their enrollment. In 2007 Northern will also be starting women’s tennis and women’s swimming.5 Northern State is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), which consists of ten universities: Bemidji State University (MN), Concordia University St. Paul (MN), University of Minnesota-Crookston, Minnesota State University Moorhead, University of Mary (ND), Northern State University (SD), Southwest Minnesota State University, Upper Iowa University, Wayne State College (NE), and Winona State University (MN). Northern State has been a member of the conference since 1978, and they also have the second smallest enrollment of the ten member schools. Northern State athletics are well supported by both the students and the community, as men’s and women’s basketball as well as football are consistently ranked in the top ten nationally for NCAA Division II attendance. Women’s head basketball coach Curt Frederickson is currently in his 28th season at Northern State, and over that span he has amassed a career record of 612-183. Korean Exchange Student Association Northern State University has a diverse and large Korean population. KESA, the Korean Exchanges Students Association, is a student association organized for solidarity of Korean exchange students at Northern and diverse cultural exchange activities. If you enjoy student government and think that Student Association is something you would be interested in, then you can join the Student Association. All of the dorms are made up of either single or double rooms, except for Steele Hall which consists of suites with a bathroom and a living room.7 The Student Center opened in 1960 and houses the dining hall, the Campus Bookstore, the campus post office, and all student related services, as well as several meeting rooms. It can now hold 400 students, and has several group study rooms, multi-media stations, as well as an extensive collection of books.7 The 128,000 square foot athletic complex, the Joseph H. Wachs Arena is named after 30 year Wolves basketball coach Bob Wachs, who won 532 games in his career which spanned from 1955-1985.7 Who are International students? ESL Courses Offered Individual Tutoring and Computer Labs The cost of the ESL program Help Offered to the international students International office staff NSU has had an exchange program for many years, so it has an international office staff to help with the international student’s time at NSU. According to Northern State University Handbook for International Students, the staff is divided in this way.

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