by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #296 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Arizona, NAU came in at #5.
NAU was ranked #330 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, NAU took the #6 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Arizona.
Women make up 69.7% of the total graduate student body at NAU while men make you 30.3%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 35.0% of the graduate student population at NAU. NAU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 3.9% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,724 | $19,266 |
| Fees | $831 | $859 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from NAU enter careers with an average starting salary of $58,123. That's about the same as the nationwide average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at NAU is $76,050. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 1% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Northern Arizona University.
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: | https://nau.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Northern-Arizona-University/17091779559 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/NAU |
About 54.4% of the graduate students at Northern Arizona University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 44.4% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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