Northern Arizon University

Northern Arizona University is a public research university in Flagstaff, Arizona. It opened in 1899 as Northern Arizona Normal School and grew from a teachers college into a comprehensive university. The mountain campus sits at about 7,000 feet beside the San Francisco Peaks. Teacher education, forestry, and statewide outreach remain central.

Units include the College of Arts and Letters; the College of Education; the College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences; the College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences; the College of Health and Human Services; and the W. A. Franke College of Business. The School of Forestry and climate and planetary-science groups use nearby forests, Lowell Observatory partnerships, and Grand Canyon region field sites.

About 28,000 students enroll, including statewide and online students, with several thousand in graduate programs on the Flagstaff campus. The university has a large Native American enrollment. Faculty number about 1,000. Alumna Diana Gabaldon is known for historical fiction.

Graduate degrees include master's and doctorates in education, forestry, climate science, and health. Supervision mixes laboratory, field, and professional-practice models. The year has two semesters. Assistantships are common for research students. Flagstaff is a small mountain city with cold winters; the Grand Canyon lies a short drive north.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Northern Arizon University lists 1 doctoral program, in languages & linguistics.