Northern Arizona University College Portrait
Northern Arizona UniversitySouth San Francisco St Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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- Students
Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend NAU.
- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at NAU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
Learn about costs to attend NAU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.
- College Cost Estimator
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- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at NAU.
- Student Experiences
Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at NAU – inside and outside the classroom.
- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at NAU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at NAU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at NAU.
NAU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 20 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 61% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 85% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 864 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 49% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 11% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | <1% |
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Campus-based Housing
87% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
32% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
"The mission of the NAU Police Department is to further the university's vision of providing an outstanding undergraduate residential education by fostering a safe and healthy environment through quality law enforcement services and community problem solving partnerships. The guiding principles of the mission are: open and honest communication, continual training and education for all involved, appreciation of the diverse nature of our community. NAU also provides a free Alert System that will send text messages to student cell phones in case of an emergency."
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- Majority undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Comprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary)