ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University has a larger freshman class this fall, and the university continues its trend of high student retention rates.
Northern has 339 freshman this year, according to figures released today from the South Dakota Board of Regents. That’s a nearly 5 percent increase from 324 in fall 2017.
Northern also boasts a freshmen to sophomore retention rate of 75 percent – the first time in at least 20 years the university has had three years in a row of retention rates over 70 percent.
“We’re immensely pleased to see the… more