Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
Application Fees
Fall 2021
$25
Undergraduate$65
GraduateApplicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in NAU during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, NAU received a total of 42,872 applications. These applications included 14,236 male applicants and 28,636 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 42,872 applicants, NAU admitted 33,592 students. Among the admitted students, there were 11,024 males and 22,568 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 5,297 students chose to enroll at NAU. This means that 5,297 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 1,947 were male and 3,350 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, NAU had an overall acceptance rate of 78% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 77% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 79%. -
Yield Rate
The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. NAU had an overall yield rate of 16% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 18%, and for female admitted students, it was 15%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for NAU over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
Northern Arizona University uses the following list of admission requirements and recommended documents when evaluating students' applications. All documents listed under the Required sections must be submitted with your application, but those listed under the Recommended section are optional.
Please double-check with the school to verify the current and complete admission requirements.Required
- Secondary school GPA
- Secondary school record
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Recommended
- Test scores (SAT/ACT)
Neither required nor recommended
- Secondary school rank
- Completion of college-preparatory program
- Recommendation letters
- Formal demonstration of competencies
- Other tests (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Accepted Credits
Fall 2021
The following is a list of college preparatory work and life experience that are accepted at Northern Arizona University.
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Credit for life experiences
Not Accepted -
Advanced placement (AP) credits
Accepted -
Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
Accepted
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