Notes

These are items that bear looking into more closely.

• This institution’s six year bachelors graduation rate is 59.1%, so approximately 2/5 of undergrads who enroll do not earn a bachelors degree from here.

Overview of institution

This, and the rest of the page, use info from the most recent year available, generally 2023.

• Institution kind: Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

• Undergrad program: Balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence

• Graduate program: Research Doctoral: Comprehensive programs, no medical/veterinary school

• Enrollment profile: High undergraduate (see more details below)

• Average net price for undergrads on financial aid: $17,115 . This is 90% the average cost of Harvard.

• Actual price for your family: Go here to see what your family may be asked to pay. It can be MUCH lower than the average price but also higher for some.

• Size and setting: Four-year, large, primarily residential

• In state percentage: 73% of first year students come from Arizona

• In US percentage: 99% of first year students come from the US

• Graduation rate (within 6 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 59.1% (this is what is usually reported as “graduation rate”)

• Graduation rate (within 4 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 46.5%

• Student to tenure-stream faculty ratio: 40.5 (undergrads to tenure-stream faculty) [Tenure explained]

• Student to faculty ratio: 19.4 (undergrads to all faculty)

• Degrees offered: Certificate of less than 1 year, Certificate of at least 12 weeks but less than 1 year, Certificate of at least 1 year but less than 2 years, Bachelor’s degree, Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master’s degree, Post master’s certificate, Doctor’s degree: research scholarship, Doctor’s degree: professional practice, Doctor’s degree: other

• Schedule: Semester

• Institution provides on campus housing: Yes

• Dorm capacity: There are enough dorm beds for 9952 students

• Freshmen required to live on campus: No

• Advanced placement (AP) credits used: Yes

• Disabilities: 6.32 percent of undergrads are registered as having disabilities.

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Comparisons

The sections below show this institution compared with others. The ones listed are ones it has identified as peers, who consider themselves peers, and/or who the federal government considers peers. If a comparison school has the same value as the focal school, its cell is grayed out. In fields where there is a common view that higher (or lower) values are better, the best values are in blue, the worst values are in red. If there isn’t a sense of a particular value being better, values are shown in varying shades of green. Arrows show where there is a signficant trend over time for a school. You can swipe across the table to see more of it; the focal school column is always visible.

• Northern Arizona University lists these schools as ones to compare itself within federal IPEDS data, and they do the same back: University of Vermont, Idaho State University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Ball State University, Miami University-Oxford, Texas State University, Bowling Green State University-Main Campus, Rutgers University-Newark, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of Akron Main Campus, Old Dominion University
• Northern Arizona University compares itself to these institutions, but not vice versa: University of Central Florida, William & Mary, Auburn University, Clemson University, San Diego State University, Binghamton University, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, Florida International University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus, Texas Tech University, University of Houston, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus, University of Arkansas, University of North Georgia, Georgia State University, The University of Alabama, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Temple University, Louisiana Tech University, University of Nevada-Reno, Mississippi State University, University of North Texas, North Carolina A & T State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, George Mason University, University of Rhode Island, Towson University, The University of Texas at Dallas, Indiana University-Indianapolis, University of Oregon, West Virginia University, Illinois State University, Kansas State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Florida Atlantic University, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Kent State University at Kent, University of New Hampshire-Main Campus, The University of Texas at Arlington, University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Missouri-St Louis, The University of Texas at San Antonio, South Dakota State University, University of North Dakota, Utah State University, University of Louisville, Ohio University-Main Campus, Montana State University, East Carolina University, University of Mississippi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Sam Houston State University, University of Idaho, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of South Alabama, Northern Illinois University, Central Michigan University, North Dakota State University-Main Campus, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, New Mexico State University-Main Campus, University of Wyoming, Western Michigan University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, The University of Texas at El Paso, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Portland State University, University of Toledo, Michigan Technological University, University of California-Merced, University of Northern Colorado, Cleveland State University, Wichita State University, Augusta University, University of South Dakota, University of Memphis, University of Maine, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, University of New Orleans, University of Southern Mississippi, The University of Montana, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Texas A & M University-Commerce, Wright State University-Main Campus, CUNY Graduate School and University Center, Jackson State University
• These institutions compare themselves to Northern Arizona University, but not vice versa: University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, James Madison University, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, University of St Thomas, Rowan University, Brigham Young University-Idaho, St. John’s University-New York, University of Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, DeVry University-Arizona, Adams State University, Claremont Graduate University, University of Advancing Technology

Enrollment

General

Teaching

Tenure track faculty are those who are eligible for tenure. This includes both pre-tenure and tenured faculty. Once faculty get tenure, they are (generally) protected from being fired for intellectual reasons, helping to ensure their freedom in teaching and research. They can still lose their positions for misconduct, financial problems, not fulfilling their duties, or other reasons.

Non-tenure track faculty are not eligible for tenure. Some are hired one semester at a time, some have multi-year contracts. They typically have a higher teaching load than tenure track faculty, leaving less time for research or other creative endeavors. They are also easier to fire than tenured faculty. Sometimes they are external experts (a noted musician, a former senator) who are hired to teach some classes without the expected permanence of a tenure-track position.

Note that this chart uses US federal demographic data: it only has two genders and a specified set of ethnicities and races.

Having a low student to faculty ratio is considered a good thing by many, as it can mean more individual attention.

Geography

This has information on the location of the institution. See the about page for more information on what the metrics are and how they are calculated.

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