2021 NSU Fact Book

2021 FACT BOOK 123 n Of all degrees awarded by Nova Southeastern University in 2019–2020, 72 percent were awarded to women. Close to half of all the degrees awarded were master’s degrees. n Of all the degrees awarded by NSU in 2019–2020, 42 percent were awarded through the Health Profes- sions Division, with an additional 16 percent awarded through the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (Table 11). Both the average age of students currently enrolled (Table 9) and their age at time of graduation (Table 12) indicate that Nova Southeastern University serves predominantly older, working adults. Accordingly, the university has structured its academic programs and delivery systems to meet the needs of this population. Table 11 Degrees Conferred July 2019 to June 2020 (FY2020) by Academic Center and Degree Level College Total Bachelor’s Master’s Specialist Doctoral Professional HPD Total 2,533 625 945 0 276 687 College of Dental Medicine 136 0 15 0 0 121 College of Medical Sciences 10 0 10 0 0 0 College of Optometry 159 70 2 0 0 87 College of Pharmacy 248 0 8 0 6 234 Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine 353 5 103 0 0 245 Dr. Pallavi. Patel College of Health Care Sciences 1,009 154 601 0 254 0 Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing 618 396 206 0 16 0 College of Computing and Engineering 202 36 134 0 32 0 College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 260 97 106 0 57 0 College of Psychology 636 109 422 9 96 0 Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice 960 44 418 180 318 0 Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography 296 255 40 0 1 0 H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship 866 129 737 0 0 0 Shepard Broad College of Law 273 6 81 0 0 186 Total* 6,026 1,301 2,883 189 780 873 *Total graduates (FY2020) include 82 certificates awarded, but not otherwise shown in the table. The college structure shown in Table 11 reflects degree conferrals that occurred prior to the college realignments that occurred in the fall of 2020. Table 12 Degrees Conferred July 2019 to June 2020 (FY2020) by Degree Level and Age Degree Level Mean Median Mode Bachelor’s 26 23 22 Master’s 33 30 25 Specialist 46 44 43 Doctoral 40 39 27 Professional 29 27 27 University Wide 32 28 27