Fayetteville State University may be among the smaller public institutions in North Carolina, but it’s punching above its weight.
With the onset of the academic year, the university is celebrating historic benchmarks like 80.7% student retention and the enrollment of more than 7,700 students. Both are all-time records for the school, which bounced back from a retention rate of 63% and has grown by more than 1,000 students since 2021. Last year’s graduating class was its largest ever.
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Success Tavoria Freeman, who has worked at Fayetteville State since 2006, told Carolina Public Press that, while there has been steady growth over time as the university aimed for new heights, it’s seemed to have soared in recent years…