Access2Excellence<\/a> (A2E) tuition program at NAU, which ensures full tuition coverage for Arizona resident students whose family annual income is $65,000 or below\u2014approximately the state\u2019s median household income\u2014or who are members of Arizona\u2019s 22 federally-recognized Native American tribes. This impactful program that powers access and affordability to postsecondary attainment has resulted in a significant increase in new Arizona-resident freshmen and transfer students at NAU, as well as the university\u2019s largest ever entering class of Native American students. In total, nearly half of Arizona resident students who applied for aid at NAU are eligible for A2E.<\/p>\nIn addition to the tremendous impact of A2E, NAU\u2019s incoming class represents the most accomplished\u2014exceeding last year\u2019s previous record mark\u2014Arizonan, and diverse group of students in NAU\u2019s history. This includes a 47 percent increase in new undergraduate Native American students, which brings NAU\u2019s total Native American student enrollment to an all-time highpoint and underscores the university\u2019s longstanding commitment to Indigenous Peoples.<\/p>\n
Importantly, NAU\u2019s reach extends across Arizona through its statewide campuses in Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma, and beyond, that complement its residential Flagstaff Mountain Campus and provide access to a quality, affordable education for more Arizonans. Across all statewide sites (excluding Flagstaff), new undergraduate Arizona resident enrollment increased by 7 percent. Growth in statewide graduate student enrollment is highlighted by a 5 percent increase at the Phoenix Bioscience Core, where NAU offers high demand allied health programs that support communities throughout the state.<\/p>\n
In Flagstaff, NAU is housing a record number of students on campus this fall, with an additional 300 beds added compared to last year. Now, nearly 50 percent of Flagstaff students\u2014over 10,000\u2014live in on-campus housing, ranking NAU in the top 1 percent of universities in the nation for number of students housed on campus. The university prioritizes on-campus housing resources to promote students\u2019 immersion in campus life and foster a strong and mutually beneficial relationship with NAU\u2019s home community in Flagstaff.<\/p>\n
Top majors for new undergraduate students include health-related fields, including nursing, dental hygiene and social work; education and teacher preparation programs; and degrees in high-demand fields aligned with Arizona\u2019s economic growth, such as computer science, engineering and business.<\/p>\n
In total, NAU\u2019s incoming class of undergraduate and graduate students numbers more than 9,250. Full highlights of NAU\u2019s 2023 entering class are included below:<\/p>\n
All new undergraduate students (first-year and transfer):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Arizona residents up 3 percent (all locations)\n
\n- Flagstaff Mountain Campus up 7 percent AZ resident enrollment<\/li>\n
- Statewide sites up 7 percent AZ residents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
New first-year students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Largest number of Arizona resident students ever<\/u><\/li>\n
- Largest number of Native American students ever <\/u><\/li>\n
- Largest percentage of Hispanic\/Latine students ever<\/u><\/li>\n
- Average core high school GPA is higher than last year\u2019s record<\/li>\n
- All 15 AZ countries represented<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
New graduate students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- International up 30 percent<\/li>\n
- Flagstaff up 6 percent<\/li>\n
- Personalized Learning up 39 percent<\/li>\n
- Phoenix Biomedical Core up 5 percent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Top majors for new undergraduate students:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Nursing<\/li>\n
- Psychological sciences<\/li>\n
- Business economics<\/li>\n
- Criminology and criminal justice<\/li>\n
- Biology and biomedical science<\/li>\n
- Computer science<\/li>\n
- Exercise physiology<\/li>\n
- Elementary education<\/li>\n
- Mechanical engineering<\/li>\n
- Marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
NOTE: This information reflects today\u2019s estimates. Numbers will not be final until the university census date.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northern Arizona University (NAU) proudly welcomed the largest number of first-year Arizona resident students in its 124-year history as classes began earlier today. \u201cNAU is committed to delivering exceptional value to the students of Arizona and beyond, fulfilling our mission as the state\u2019s access and attainment-focused university,\u201d said NAU President Jos\u00e9 Luis Cruz Rivera. \u201cThe…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}