by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Norwich University was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is international security.
Explore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
Norwich is ranked #1,115 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Norwich held the #1,144 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 9 colleges in Vermont, Norwich is ranked at #7.
The acceptance rate at Norwich University is 83%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Norwich is a good fit for you.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Norwich it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Norwich University is 43%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Norwich University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Norwich for first-time, full-time students is 50%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Norwich University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,236 undergraduates at Norwich with 2,522 being full-time and 714 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,843 | $16,606 | $18,970 | $22,049 | $28,839 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Norwich, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Norwich, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $8,573 a year. That adds up to $34,292 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Norwich University.
Contact details for Norwich are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663-1035 |
| Phone: | 802-485-2000 |
| Website: | www.norwich.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence & Command Control Operations | 150 | $73,947 |
| Business Administration & Management | 147 | $46,409 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 120 | $43,523 |
| History | 114 | $42,940 |
| International Relations & National Security | 74 | $43,621 |
| Nursing | 67 | $74,283 |
| Information Science | 65 | $98,551 |
| Information Technology | 49 | $60,988 |
| Public Administration | 34 | NA |
| General Architecture | 33 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,233 students took at least one online class at Norwich University. This is a decrease from the 2,250 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,233 | 1,075 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,250 | 1,290 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,579 | 1,987 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,474 | 1,473 |
If you’re considering Norwich University, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.
Curious on how these schools stack up against Norwich? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!
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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.