Financial Aid

Financing your graduate school education can be a daunting task if you are unfamiliar with the process, timeline, expectations, and options.  Our job is to make this process a smooth journey for you, regardless of where you eventually attend graduate school. 

To help you through the complex maze of financial aid issues, we have developed a step-by-step approach to removing the mystery from financial aid. 

First, we want you to know how to contact our Student Financial Planning Office if you need to speak with someone about a specific issue, if you are unclear about the information contained on this site, or if you just need the assurance of a friendly voice on the other end of the telephone.  Anytime you need assistance with your financial planning process, we invite you to call our Student Financial Planning Office and speak with one of our knowledgeable financial advisors.

Mission Statement

Norwich's mission statement is one of the most unique statements found in higher education. We know exactly who we are, why we are here, and where we are going. We are able to be very specific:

To give our youth an education that shall be American in character - to enable them to act as well as to think - to execute as well as to conceive - "to tolerate all opinions when reason is left free to combat them" - to make moral patriotic, efficient, and useful citizens, and to qualify them for all those high responsibilities resting upon a citizen of this free republic.

The distinctive terms and phrases found in this definition provide important clues to understanding the essence of this organization, and ultimately the directions we will seek and the outcomes we will require of our students. The most distinguishing terms are:

• American in character
• global in perspective
• mutual respect
• service
• thinking and acting
• conceiving and executing
• making moral and patriotic citizens
• making useful citizens
• qualifying graduates for responsibilities of a free republic

Why You Should Choose Norwich University for your master's degree?

• Norwich University has always been a leader in higher education.
• Norwich was the first private college in the nation to offer engineering instruction.
• Norwich was the first private military academy in the nation.
• Norwich was the birthplace of ROTC.
• Norwich's Corps of Cadets was one of the first to accept women.
• Norwich's founder, Alden Partridge, brought experiential learning to US education and his educational beliefs became the basis for the Morrill Land Grant Act, which transformed American education into the model for the world.