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Nearly 2,600
Campus Student Population

Over 1,400
Online Student Population

16:1
Student/Faculty Ratio

Northfield, Vermont, USA
New England Location

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100+ Years
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“I Will Try”
Arguably Best School Motto
Washington Post

92.9%

According to our 2019 First Destination Survey 92.9 percent of our new graduates were either entering the military, the workforce, or graduate school within nine months of graduation.

Value

At Norwich, you’ll develop leadership traits for every profession — discipline, integrity, confidence, loyalty and honor. If you choose a military path, Norwich is among the top 10 U.S. institutions for preparing commissioned officers. As a civilian, you’ll find impressive job opportunities through our career center and alumni connections with the CIA, FBI, and NSA, as well as numerous CEO’s, and entrepreneurs.

With an average net price of $25,581 (after grants and scholarships) and a commitment to review competitive awards, Norwich University has a financial aid program that positions us as one of the nation’s most affordable private educations.

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Norwich Featured News and Events

Civilian students walk around Norwich University’s campus during Fall 2019 arrivals. A webinar and a pack of Student Sendoffs will prepare students for Fall 2021 arrivals, which start next week. (Photo by Mark Collier/Norwich University.)

Week’s slate also includes virtual Founder’s Day toast

Imagining the carillon? Its ringing, the purr of arriving cars and the voices of excited students will soon create the start-of-semester symphony in Northfield, Vermont.

Carlo D’Este prepares to hand flowers to Cara Gauthier, left, at the 2013 Military Writers’ Symposium. D’Este, a 1958 Norwich graduate, decorated U.S. Army veteran and renowned historian co-founded the symposium. (Photo by Norwich University Photography.)

Money generated by the endowment supports symposium, William E. Colby Award and year-round student enrichment opportunities

Carlo D’Este proved his devotion to knowledge-sharing and scholarship every fall as co-founder and co-maintainer of the Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium. Norwich University Military Writers’ Associates, an advocacy group, has begun fundraising to support a symposium-supporting endowment in D’Este’s honor, the Carlo D'Este ’58 Military Writers’ Endowment.

Cadets participate in this past week’s Civil Air Patrol New Hampshire Wing Summer Academy at Norwich University. The Civil Air Patrol is a congressionally chartered, all-volunteer nonprofit civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. (Photo by Mark Collier/Norwich University.)

Civil Air Patrol Summer Academy at Norwich University introduces young people to military lifestyle and values

Norwich University’s cadets, ROTC and Corps, are about a month and a half from arriving on campus. But this past week, as it has since 2007, the Civil Air Patrol’s New Hampshire Wing put its cadets through paces on the Upper Parade Ground and around campus.

Jess Moore (assistant athletic trainer) and Tyler Willard (assistant women’s hockey coach) joined Norwich University’s athletic staffs. (Photos courtesy Norwich University Athletics.)

Both hires have Vermont connections and will start in early August

Norwich University’s athletics programs made two key hires last week. Jess Moore became an assistant athletic trainer and Tyler Willard became assistant women’s hockey coach. 

Global-warming-stoked ice melting in the Arctic has created new sea routes and sparked a scramble for the United States, Russia and China. Nine Norwich University student researchers spent the Spring 2021 semester exploring the nexus of climate and security in the three-part Arctic Triad project. (Image by Shutterstock.)

In Arctic Triad, Norwich University student researchers explore nexus of environmental change and global security

Global warming in the Arctic, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said has changed Arctic climate characteristics from mostly ice and snow to water and rain, has also opened new sea routes, sparking a mad international scramble for resources and raising security concerns for military officials.

Talks by international officials, intellectual interactions cites as favorite moments

By mantra and by tradition, Norwich University students stare down tomorrow’s challenges today, applying learning from a host of disciplines and experiences. Among the most looming hurdles Generation Z will face is coping with global warming and its ancillary fallout, including potential military conflict.

Summer research for William Helterbran, a rising senior and mechanical engineering major, involves building a prototype compact wind turbine for use in an Arctic microgrid. (Photo courtesy Norwich University John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center.)

NORTHFIELD, Vt. — Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center has awarded the 2021 Student Research Fellowship to William Helterbran, Class of ’22, of Chandler, Arizona.

A Norwich University student and member of the Corps of Cadets types on a laptop in Kreitzberg Library.Technology endowment is one of five priorities for the Shoulder-to-Shoulder fundraising initiative. Shoulder-to-Shoulder, launched Oct. 3 at Homecoming, raised $12.5 million as of May 31. (Photo by Mark Collier/Norwich University.)

Increase comes as national donations to colleges and universities drop slightly

Coronavirus pandemic-addled 2020 sent learning off-kilter at Norwich University; classes went virtual and the campus endured a COVID-19 case spike and in-room quarantine. The pandemic also sent money donations to colleges and universities down nationally, if ever so slightly. Nevertheless, Norwich University fundraising perked merrily along, surpassing its fiscal 2021 goal by more than $1 million.

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ROTC

Norwich University is proud to be the birthplace of America’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Over 100 years strong.

Our Army, Navy, and Air Force leadership teams are integrated into Norwich University in alignment with the institution’s mission to produce leaders for our nation.

Learn all about ROTC at Norwich University

—You at Norwich—

Challenges and opportunity await; the world needs your strength, talent, grit and compassion more than ever. Following an experiential learning tradition more than 200 years strong, Norwich will prepare you to lead and serve in a career you love — in the private sector, public sector or the armed forces. We invite you to join us. Live, learn and lead at Norwich.

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