Facts & Figures

Facts & Figures

• NCU was founded in 1996 in Prescott, AZ
• NCU includes the following schools:
  • The School of Business
  • The School of Education
  • The School of Health Sciences
  • The School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • The School of Technology
• NCU offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees taught completely online; no physical residency is required
• NCU has more than 5,500 alumni
• NCU has nearly 10,000 students
• Ninety-eight percent of NCU’s student body is graduate students; 69 percent of whom are completing their doctoral degree
• Students from more than 58 countries, on six continents, attend NCU
• All NCU faculty – full-time and adjunct – have a doctoral degree
• NCU offers the first ever Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) Accredited distance based Marriage and Family Therapy program
• NCU’s teaching method is based on a one-to-one learning model where students work directly with their faculty.
  • There are no team projects
• Student support services include:
  • New student orientation provides students new to NCU with an online, interactive tour of the online NCUOne, library and Academic Success Center, as well as highlights methods for engaging with faculty and fellow students
  • NCU Library supports degree programs by making accessible thousands of scientific and academic publications through databases such as EBSCO Host, SAGE Journals Online, Wiley Online Library, ProQuest, and many others
  • The Academic Success Center provides support through written resources, Grammarly, APA Style CENTRAL, live chat, recorded coaching, live group coaching, and live one-to-one coaching
  • The Dissertation Center provides resources and tools for students in doctoral programs
  • The Center for Teaching and Learning promotes effective teaching and enhanced student learning by encouraging and supporting faculty efforts to explore the teaching and learning process
  • ePortfolio enables students to organize, store and display written documents, photos, spreadsheets, graphics and references
    • Students can also create online, password-protected portfolios

Notice

Northcentral University does not have a pending petition in bankruptcy, is not operating as a debtor in possession, has not filed a petition within the preceding five years, nor has had a petition in bankruptcy filed against it within the preceding five years that resulted in reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. Sec 1101 et seq.).