Norfolk State University
School info
3.3
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.2
Food
3.1
Clubs
3.3
Facilities
3.4
Internet
3
Location
3.2
Opportunities
3.5
Safety
3
Social
3.6
Happiness
3.5
Basic Information
Location
- Norfolk, VA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public historically black university
- Established: September 18, 1935; 89 years ago (1935-09-18)
- Founder: Winston Douglas, Ruth Hucles, Reverend Richard Bowling, Drs. G. Hamilton Francis and D.W. Byrd, Reverend Bravid Harris, William Rich, P.B. Young, John C. Brooks, Reverend Adolphus Hobbs, William T. Mason, Elsie Frazier
Academic information
Degree Courses
- More than 64 (including both undergraduate and graduate programs)
Key Area
- Biomedical Engineering
- Augmented and Virtual Reality
- Micro/Nano Fabrication
- AI Machine Learning
- Optics and Photonics
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 5,616 (Fall 2019)
- Undergraduates: 5,000 (Fall 2019)
- Postgraduates: 616 (Fall 2019)
- Academic Staff: 247
- Administrative Staff: 589
Notable Alumni
- Tim Reid
- J.B. Smoove
- Kyle O'Quinn
- Yvonne B. Miller
- Julian Manly Earls
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Students talk about this school
Good reviews
Overall 5
I would have picked no other school
Overall 5
I love it here
Overall 5
I love NSU! Behold the Green and Gold!!!!!
Overall 4.7
Pretty good school, wifi is annoying sometimes but, there are lots of great clubs and professors in the science department are amazing.
Overall 4.6
Since Ive transferred here it has transformed me for the better.
Overall 4.5
The best HBCU.
Overall 4.5
The best decision I made in my life. Most of the faculty care and are great. The campus is amazing. Lots of clubs and organizations to help you grow socially. Could have more spirit at times for the athletic teams. Not enough students go to the games dressed in the school colors. But overall, I love my University. Must come and enroll.
Overall 4.5
NSU's registers office, student accounts, financial aid, ALL render exceptional customer service. They also have a study abroad program that's phenomenal. The Social Work program is the BEST and their cybersecurity is internationally known. Their building new bldgs. with top notch technology. Beholdthegreen&gold! I love my HBCU!
Overall 4.5
This a wonderful university! The online classes are the best. I wish they would offered more online classes. This would really boost their enrollment.
Overall 4.5
Has the best school spirit I have ever seen and very close knit.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.1
I really had better faith in this college, ended up transferring after only 1 semester and really wanted to leave much sooner. I had my laptop stolen out of my room. I did see another student with it even had my initials on it and he just kept claiming it was his. I never got it back, always keep your doors closed even if out of the room shortly.
Overall 1.1
Students and faculty are rude and unhelpful, administration is very slow and takes several months to get anything done. Also very little parking is available.
Overall 1.2
Just not what I expected.
Overall 1.2
The library has the highest rating, because it appears beautiful and big, though it has HARDLY ANY BOOKS, sad but true and also the WIFI here is so horrible that you will have to go there often. Teachers have horrible attitudes, hardly speak english, and are set in their ways.
Overall 1.4
I wouldn't recommend this place, they claim a family like environment but aren't friendly at all , students try to out meen each other it seems. The food is ok, but too costly for it's quality. This school is not helping the black community at all. If anything they are making it worse.
Overall 1.4
My son had a bad couple of years there. Being a white Alabamian brought him enough trouble to provoke his departure, one professor even mocking him. On top of that, some trusted friends tried to set him up for a robbery. Norfolk State has more than ample room for improvement.
Overall 1.4
Dangerous campus and very unhelpful staff. Everyone is slow, unknowledgeable, and rude.
Overall 1.8
this school is not for everybody!!
Overall 1.8
Not really a good experience here, a lot of the students are nice but, many are rude, teachers are unhelpful, some even make fun of students, if you expect to make a difference don’t come here, also the surrounding area is really dangerous, the neighborhoods around are full of gangs and drug addicts
Overall 1.8
One of the cheapest schools in the state, so you get what you pay for. Living on campus means you're forced to pay for a meal plan, and the food options they provide you are absolutely terrible. Terrible environment for people who actually want to study: library is frequently closed, which means most students have nowhere to go for group study.