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Northern Arizona University Overview

Northern Arizona University is a public institution situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Northern Arizona University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$25,716 Avg Cost After Aid
78% Acceptance Rate
  • The student loan default rate at NAU is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at NAU.
  • In <nil>, 65% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from NAU makes roughly $50,118 a year. This is 23% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Northern Arizona University?

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Contact details for NAU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1900 S Knoles Dr, Babbitt Administrative Center, Room 200, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4092
Phone: 928-523-9011
Website: nau.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Northern-Arizona-University/17091779559
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NAU

How Do I Get Into NAU?

You can apply to NAU online at: https://nau.edu/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for NAU

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Recommended
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NAU?

78% Acceptance Rate
67% Of Accepted Are Women
NAU has an acceptance rate of 78%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Can I Afford Northern Arizona University?

$25,716 Net Price
36% Take Out Loans
1.7% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of NAU is $25,716. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NAU, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $6,623 a year. That adds up to $26,492 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NAU is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Northern Arizona University Undergraduate Student Diversity

19,918 Full-Time Undergraduates
63% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 24,162 undergraduate students at NAU, with 19,918 being full-time and 4,244 being part-time.

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There are also 4,549 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 19,918 full-time undergraduates at NAU, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Northern Arizona University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 430
Black or African American 559
Hispanic or Latino 5,154
White 11,426
International Students 381
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,968

Geographic Diversity

Arizona students aren't the only ones who study at Northern Arizona University. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 80 countries are represented at NAU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Kuwait, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Northern Arizona University

6,208 Took All Classes Online
15,811 Took At Least One Class Online
-0.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 15 bachelor’s degree and 42 master’s degree programs available online at NAU. In 2020-2021, 15,811 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NAU has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 13th most popular in Arizona for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of NAU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northern Arizona University was -0.1%. This is the #1,843 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NAU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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