NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY                               
                                                                                                                                 
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FRESHMAN-COHORT GRADUATION RATES           All Students     Student-Athletes #
     1996-97 Graduation Rate                    27%                 52%
     Four-Class Average                         28%                 43%
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1. Graduation-Rates Data

 a. All Students      ---------- MEN ---------            -------- WOMEN --------             -------- TOTAL --------
                           FRESHMAN RATE                       FRESHMAN RATE                       FRESHMAN RATE
                           96-97     4-CLASS                   96-97     4-CLASS                   96-97     4-CLASS
                           N   %       N   %                   N   %       N   %                   N   %       N   %
       Am. Indian/AN       21  19      47  13                  16 ***      55  20                  37  16     102  17
            Asian/PI        3 ***      20  30                   8 ***      33  30                  11 ***      53  30
               Black      152  14     515  14                 216  23     747  25                 368  20    1262  21
            Hispanic        8 ***      25  24                   6 ***      47  28                  14 ***      72  26
               White      346  26    1380  27                 512  36    2011  35                 858  32    3391  32
           N-R Alien    ***** ***      13  31               ***** ***       5 ***                   5 ***      18  33
               Other    ***** ***      89  19               ***** ***      98  29                  51  22     187  24
               Total      553  22    2089  23                 791  31    2996  32                1344  27    5085  28

 b. Student-Athletes #--------------- MEN --------------- -------------- WOMEN -------------- -------------- TOTAL --------------
                             FRESHMAN RATE      TRANSFER         FRESHMAN RATE      TRANSFER         FRESHMAN RATE      TRANSFER
                           96-97     4-CLASS     4-CLASS       96-97     4-CLASS     4-CLASS       96-97     4-CLASS     4-CLASS
                           N   %       N   %       N   %       N   %       N   %       N   %       N   %       N   %       N   %
       Am. Indian/AN        3 ***   ***** ***   ***** ***       0       ***** ***   ***** ***       3 ***       4 ***   ***** ***
            Asian/PI        0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0           0    
               Black       11  45      49  35      28  32       5  80      15  67      11  45      16  56      64  42      39  36
            Hispanic    ***** ***   ***** ***       4  75   ***** ***   ***** ***       0       ***** ***       5 ***       4  75
               White       16  44      46  33      48  44      21  62      51  51      14  64      37  54      97  42      62  48
           N-R Alien    ***** ***       6  67       6  50   ***** ***       4 ***       3 ***   ***** ***      10  60       9  33
               Other    ***** ***       5 ***   ***** ***   ***** ***       3  33   ***** ***       3 ***       8  38   ***** ***
               Total       32  44     112  36      88  41      30  60      76  53      29  48      62  52     188  43     117  43
 c. Student-Athletes #     -------- BASEBALL ---------         ----- MEN'S BASKETBALL  ---         ------ MEN'S CC/TRACK -----
    by Sport Category       FRESHMAN RATE    TRANSFER           FRESHMAN RATE    TRANSFER           FRESHMAN RATE    TRANSFER
                             96-97   4-CLASS  4-CLASS            96-97   4-CLASS  4-CLASS             96-97  4-CLASS  4-CLASS
       MEN                     %        %        %                 %        %        %                 %        %        %  
       Am. Indian/AN         ***-a    ***-a       -                 -        -        -                 -        -     ***-a
            Asian/PI            -        -        -                 -        -        -                 -        -        - 
               Black            -        -     ***-a             ***-a    ***-c    ***-c             ***-a     50-b    ***-a
            Hispanic            -        -      75-a                -        -        -                 -     ***-a       - 
               White         ***-a    ***-b     48-e                -     ***-a    ***-a              60-a     45-c       - 
           N-R Alien            -        -     100-a                -        -        -              ***-a    ***-a       - 
               Other            -        -        -              ***-a    ***-a    ***-a                -        -        - 
               Total         ***-a    ***-b     54-e             ***-a     21-c    ***-c              75-b     48-e    ***-a

                           -------- FOOTBALL ---------        ---------- OTHER ----------
                             FRESHMAN RATE   TRANSFER            FRESHMAN RATE   TRANSFER
                             96-97   4-CLASS  4-CLASS            96-97   4-CLASS  4-CLASS
       MEN                    % N       %        %                 %        %        %  
       Am. Indian/AN         ***-a    ***-a       -                 -        -        - 
            Asian/PI            -        -        -                 -        -        - 
               Black          43-b     39-e     50-c                -        -        - 
            Hispanic            -        -        -                 -        -        - 
               White          57-b     32-e    ***-b             ***-a    ***-a     75-a
           N-R Alien            -        -        -                 -      60-a    ***-a
               Other            -     ***-a       -                 -        -        - 
               Total          53-c     38-e     41-e             ***-a     50-b     43-b

                           --- WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ---         ----- WOMEN'S CC/TRACK  ---          ------ WOMEN'S OTHER ------
                            FRESHMAN RATE   TRANSFER            FRESHMAN RATE   TRANSFER             FRESHMAN RATE   TRANSFER
                           96-97    4-CLASS  4-CLASS           96-97    4-CLASS  4-CLASS            96-97    4-CLASS  4-CLASS
       WOMEN                   %       %        %                  %       %        %                   %       %        %  
       Am. Indian/AN            -       -        -                  -       -        -                   -    ***-a       - 
            Asian/PI            -       -        -                  -       -        -                   -       -        - 
               Black            -    ***-a    ***-a               80-a    73-c     63-b                  -    ***-a    ***-a
            Hispanic            -       -        -               ***-a   ***-a       -                   -       -        - 
               White         ***-a    63-b       -               100-a    64-c    ***-a                53-c    44-e     67-c
           N-R Alien            -       -     ***-a                 -       -                         ***-a   ***-a       - 
               Other         ***-a   ***-a       -                  -    ***-a    ***-a               ***-a   ***-a       - 
               Total          75-a    64-c    ***-a               78-b    64-e     55-c                47-d    43-e     62-c

 d. Graduation Rates of Those Exhausting Eligibility (Student-Athletes # entering during 1987-88 through 1996-97)
          Number Exhausting Eligibility =     225  Graduation Rate =  49%

    NOTE: " *****" OR "***" FERPA regulations require that these data be suppressed.


    Values for N ( a. 1-5, b. 6-10, c. 11-15, d. 16-20, e. greater than 20 )

    # Only student-athletes receiving athletics aid are included in this report.

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2. UNDERGRADUATE-ENROLLMENT DATA (All full-time students enrolled Fall 2002-03)

 a. All Students                                      b. Student-Athletes #
                        MEN    WOMEN   TOTAL                                 MEN    WOMEN   TOTAL
                         N       N       N                                    N       N       N
       Am. Indian/AN     52      79     131                  Am. Indian/AN      3       0      3
            Asian/PI     23      28      51                       Asian/PI      0       0      0
               Black    864    1307    2171                          Black     56      21     77
            Hispanic     40      70     110                       Hispanic      4       1      5
               White   1634    2573    4207                          White     66      48    114
           N-R Alien     18      18      36                      N-R Alien      6       4     10
               Other    125     183     308                          Other      4       3      7
               Total   2756    4258    7014                          Total    139      77    216

 c. Student-Athletes # by Sports Categories

     MEN                  -BASKETBALL-   -BASEBALL-    -CC/TRACK-    -FOOTBALL-      -OTHER-
       Am. Indian/AN             0             2             0             1             0
            Asian/PI             0             0             0             0             0
               Black             5             0             8            43             0
            Hispanic             0             1             3             0             0
               White             6            15             8            32             5
           N-R Alien             1             1             1             0             3
               Other             1             0             0             3             0
               Total            13            19            20            79             8

     WOMEN                -BASKETBALL-   -CC/TRACK-      -OTHER-
       Am. Indian/AN             0             0             0
            Asian/PI             0             0             0
               Black             4            14             3
            Hispanic             0             1             0
               White             8             7            33
           N-R Alien             0             0             4
               Other             1             1             1
               Total            13            23            41


3. STANDARDS FOR TRANSFER STUDENT-ATHLETES #

    This institution's standards exceed the NCAA minimums.                                                                     

    # Only student-athletes receiving athletics aid are included in this report.

    NOTE: " *****" OR "***" FERPA regulations require that these data be suppressed.