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Northcentral University

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Northcentral University San Diego , CA

About Northcentral University

About Northcentral University

Northcentral University, NCU, is a regionally accredited, graduate-focused, private, not-for-profit, online university that was founded in 1996. NCU provides working professionals around the world with access to richly engaging, professionally-relevant, and academically-rigorous education. NCU’s goal is to channel the brick and mortar methods of higher education into a personalized approach through their one-one mentoring model.
institution type
Type of Institution
4 yr
Private for-profit
institution tuition
Tuition Range
$15,001-$25K
student to faculty ratio
Student-to-Faculty Ratio
1:1
financial aid percent
Financial Aid Percent
37%
graduate rate
Graduation Rate
Not available
accreditation status
Accreditation Status
Accredited

Tuition

Range shown below is based on In-state tuition and does not include any external costs such as housing, books, etc.

Estimate Tuition Range
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$$$$.................................. $25,001 - $35,000
$$$$.................................. $35,001 or above

Financial Aid Percent

Includes students receiving Federal work study aid as well as aid from pell grants,federal grants, scholarships, and other sources of financial aid.

Why Consider Northcentral University?

Northcentral University is a Four or more years, Private for-profit, located in a San Diego setting in San Diego,CA They offer the following awards: Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Post-master's Certificate, Doctor's Degree - Research/Scholarship

General Information

  • Special Learning Opportunities: All Programs Distance, Undergrad Distance, Grad Distance
  • Credit Accepted: Credit for life experiences, Credit For Military
  • Carnegie Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities
  • Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Faculty And Graduate Assistants By Primary FunctionFull-TimePart-Time
Total Faculty 560 388
 Instructional 0 0
 Research and public service 0 -
Total Graduate Assistants - -
 Instructional 81 -
 Research 3 -

Student Services

  • Academic Career Counseling Services

Services and Programs for Service Members and Veterans

  • Yellow Ribbon Program (officially known as Post-9/11 Gl Bill, Yellow Ribbon Program)
  • Credit for military training
  • Dedicated point of contact for support services for veterans, military service members, and their families
  • Member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges

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Mission, Vision and Values

Northcentral is committed to educating professionals worldwide. Their mission is to provide an accessible opportunity for students to earn a degree from a U.S. regionally accredited university. Their values, “I.D.E.A.’s”, include innovation, diversity, excellence and accountability.

Enrollment, Attendance, Retention Rates, Graduation

Based on data from Fall 2015i, Northcentral University has a total graduate enrollment of 10,861 students and 100% of students are enrolled in distance education. Also, for the years 2014-2015, 57 bachelor’s degrees, 799 master’s degrees, 399 Doctor degrees, and 230 post-graduate certificates were awarded.i Northcentral University is primarily a graduate degree granting university and the number of full-time, first-time undergraduates make up less than 1% of the total student population.

  • Graduate attendance rate of 51% part-time and 49% full-time
  • Overall transfer out rate for students who began their studies in 2009-10: 50%
Northcentral University, NCU About

Admissions

Application for NCU programs can be completed online, and an application is valid for one year. Generally, students complete the admissions process and begin their first course within 30 days, and NCU accepts students on a continual basis.

International Transcripts: If English is the second language of a student, an official score demonstrating English proficiency is required for admission.

Military Transcripts: NCU provides special assistance in obtaining transcripts for U.S. military students.

Program Requirements: Each of Northcentral University’s online degree programs and non-degree programs have their own admissions requirements. For example, admission to online MBA programs is based on direct entry which means that individuals with a previously completed bachelor’s degree in business from a regionally or nationally accredited academic institution may immediately begin the NCU MBA program.

General Information

  • Special Learning Opportunities: All Programs Distance, Undergrad Distance, Grad Distance
  • Credit Accepted: Credit for life experiences, Credit For Military
  • Carnegie Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities
  • Religious Affiliation: Not applicable

Faculty

Northcentral maintains a 100% doctoral faculty. There are 87 full-time & 361 Part-time instructional facultyi. Most faculty members have completed their program of study at a regionally accredited institution of higher education in the discipline in which they either teach or develop curricula.

  • There are 560 full-time faculty
  • 388 Part-time instructional faculty

Student Services

  • Academic Career Counseling Services

Enrollment, Attendance, Retention Rates and Graduation

Northcentral University has a total graduate enrollment of 10699
Graduate attendance rate of 55% part-time and 45% full-time
For the years 2017-2018 Northcentral University awarded: 33 bachelor's degrees, 837 master's degrees, 230 post-master's certificates, 768 doctor's degrees - research/scholarship

Financial Aid

Financial Aid

Some prospective NCU students may apply for all applicable federal student aid programs, including Unsubsidized Federal Stafford loans, Subsidized Federal Stafford loans, Federal PLUS (Parent) loans and Federal Pell Grants.i

  • % Receiving grant or scholarship aid: 37%
  • % Receiving Pell grants: 37%
  • % Receiving Student Loans: 38%

Student Reviews
  • The school is full of many supportive people who genuinely care for each other. You just really need to join something that interests you and then you'll be able to find some great friends. People seem very chill for it being considered a top university. Definitely a calmer atmosphere compared to schools like Stanford and Berkeley.
  • The university provides the best of both academics opportunities as well as extracurricular activities in order to help their students explore and/or grow their skills on a specific or variety of fields. Their goal is to get their students involved in what they love in order to grow and expand the students knowledge.
  • Overall, I love being a student at USC. On campus, I am a research assistant, a newspaper writer, and a dancer on the competitive hip-hop team. I've met a wide variety of students at USC, some who astound me with their intelligence and hobbies. I love talking to my professors during their office hours. The downsides to being a USC student is that a lot of things are inordinately expensive, the tuition keeps rising (unnecessarily), and the area around it is not super nice.

Campus Locations

  • Northcentral University: Online
Faculty Northcentral maintains a 100% doctoral faculty. There are 87 full-time & 361 Part-time instructional facultyi. Most faculty members have completed their program of study at a regionally accredited institution of higher education in the discipline in which they either teach or develop curricula.
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