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Nova Southeastern University

Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

23,510
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
7,726
Undergraduates
15,784
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

2,143
Bachelor's degrees awarded
0
Associate's degrees awarded
2,660
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

63.0%
Graduation rate
63.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

73.0%
Applicants admitted
16.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$38,700
Tuition and fees
$62,188
Price in state, living on campus
$62,188
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Nova Southeastern University published $38,700 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $34,570 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

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The figures

Nova Southeastern University published $38,700 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $34,570 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$38,700$38,700$38,700
2023–⁠24$37,080$37,080$37,080
2022–⁠23$35,700$35,700$35,700
2021–⁠22$34,570$34,570$34,570
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$38,700
Books and supplies$2,128
Food and housing on campus$16,840
Other expenses on campus$4,520
Total, as NCES adds it$62,188

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor130$126,294
Associate professor107$100,174
Assistant professor83$82,291
Instructor17$72,737
Lecturer2$66,069
No academic rank1$38,250
All ranks340$104,041

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 23,510
Larger than 98% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 63%
Higher than 58% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $104,041
Higher than 88% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$81,582
Median earnings four years after completing
$66,144
Median earnings ten years after entering
$21,103
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Private nonprofit, four-year or above
Control
Private nonprofit
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
Suburb, large
County
Broward County
IPEDS ID
136215

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved