NSU's Overall Case Statement | Realizing Potential Campaign

11 “The business of NSU is creating leaders. This university attracts motivated people. We don’t train them—we polish them—and expose them to opportunities to lead. Then we get out of their way.” —Ralph V. Rogers, Ph.D., provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs DID YOU KNOW ? • NSU students hail from more than 115 countries, and more than 80 percent receive scholarship assistance and financial aid. • Approximately 26 percent of NSU undergraduate students are the first in their families to attend college. • NSU is one of the top educators of African American and Hispanic doctoral students among all public and private universities nationwide. • NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law is ranked among the top schools nationally for diversity according to U.S. News & World Report . • NSU’s College of Dental Medicine is the leader in educating dentists to provide dental care to children with autism spectrum disorder. • NSU’s College of Health Care Sciences is the top educator of physician assistants regionally and nationally, with a 20-year track record of graduates consistently surpassing the national average for high, first-time national certification exam pass rates. • NSU’s College of Engineering and Computing offers the first Ph.D. in the United States in Information Assurance. The curriculum combines both technically intensive and management- focused security courses as part of a comprehensive and multidisciplinary research program. • NSU’s more than 170,000 alumni reside in every state of the United States and 63 other countries.