Ready For Tomorrow - The FSU Strategic Plan 2022-2027

Welcome to the future of Fayetteville State University.

This strategic plan is our blueprint for success. Its five priorities—each with a bold set of goals and metrics—capture our deliberate intention to fulfill a promise: We are the university of human potential. Together, we help our students find their path and achieve their goals. Our graduates are ready for tomorrow.

The plan is also a calling to seize this moment in the university’s history. FSU is operating from a position of formidable strength. We set a record for enrollment in 2022. We’ve added new programs in emerging fields such as cybersecurity and military behavioral health. Our top-ranked online MBA program is also the most affordable program of its kind in the UNC system. We’re home to the best nursing program in the state, and we’re the largest HBCU producer of teachers in North Carolina.

Simply put, we respond to the needs of our students and the demands of the world. We invest in the promise of our city and our state. We give one of the country’s most diverse student populations—including non-traditional and military-affiliated students—the skills, the courage and the experience to make their way in the world.

We see education as a path to personal empowerment and social change. To students of all ages and from diverse backgrounds, we say: “We see your potential. We’re here to help you fulfill it.”

Our founders taught us that great work doesn’t wait. When you see a need, you meet it. The future of FSU is waiting. Let’s build it together.

The FSU Strategic Plan 2022-2027