Originally named the Northern Arizona Normal School, the institution was formed on September 11, 1899. Since that time it has undergone several name changes. In 1966 the name was changed to the current incarnation Northern Arizona University.

Northern Arizona University has a student population of 21,352 at its main campus in Flagstaff and at more than 35 sites across the state.

NAU Online Campus
Studies show that most Americans will change careers about seven times. In fact, lifelong learning, whether for personal enrichment or professional promotion, is almost routine. You have a great opportunity to search for programs offered at Online Campus.

At NAU Online Campus you can receive services, take classes, earn a degree, and benefit from the best NAU has to offer, right in your community. Quite a few of NAU's fully accredited programs can be completed entirely online.

With its solid reputation as a university with all the features of a large institution but with a personal touch, NAU carefully balances teaching, scholarship and service with a faculty and staff dedicated to each student’s success.

The focus is on undergraduate education, but you’ll also find a wide variety of graduate programs and research that extend to such national concerns as forest health and bio-terrorism. NAU has carefully integrated on-campus education with distance learning, forming seamless avenues for students to earn degrees.

Partnership
NAU has partnered with the Arizona Universities Network (AZUN). Through the vision of the Arizona Board of Regents, AZUN benefits students in Arizona and throughout the world by allowing access to flexible, convenient academic programs and faculty expertise from Arizona's premier state universities. AZUN lets students complete a variety of fully-accredited graduate or undergraduate online degrees and professional certification programs from Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and University of Arizona.

Accreditation
All Northern Arizona University programs are accredited through the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).