Northcentral University

About Northcentral University

If you are a learner seeking to advance professionally, achieve your dreams and balance personal life with education and career, Northcentral University is the school for you.

Northcentral University is an accredited online university providing graduate and undergraduate degree programs in business and technology management, education, and psychology.

They create a unique 100% online academic program just for you, allowing you to pursue professional interests beneficial to your career, receive personalized guidance from Faculty Mentors, and schedule learning at your own pace to suit your busy lifestyle. Many online schools mandate weekly attendance, campus residency, and rigid, inflexible program requirements and term schedules. Not Northcentral!

Northcentral University was founded in early 1996 as a 100% online university based in Prescott, Arizona. From the beginning the vision was to combine rigorous academics with the convenience of distance learning. This vision was affirmed when NCU received regional accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

NCU began by offering degree programs in business administration and psychology. Today NCU offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in business and technology management, education, and psychology. In addition, NCU offers Certificates of Advanced Graduate Studies for Learners holding master's degrees and seeking higher education without committing to a doctoral program.

The University has a history of innovation. NCU was the first 100% online university to be accredited to offer doctoral degrees with its initial accreditation and has consistently educated more PhD's in business and technology management than any other university in the United States. NCU is one of only eight schools worldwide to receive accreditation by ACBSP in 2007 and is the only 100% online institution offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees to have ever received this honor. ACBSP is the accrediting body for business schools and programs that have a focus on teaching excellence.

In its brief history, Northcentral University is proud to have awarded 895 degrees, as of June 2008, and grown to a student body of more than 6,800 Learners worldwide. NCU Learners represent all 50 states and every U.S. territory, as well as 52 other countries. The University moved to its new state-of-the-art world headquarters in Prescott Valley, Arizona in spring 2007.

NCU's Mission

Northcentral University uses distance learning methodologies to provide adult learners throughout the world with opportunities to earn bachelor's, master's and doctoral accredited online degrees in recognized academic programs to enable them to acquire the competencies and to apply the knowledge and skills needed to participate and function effectively in modern society.

NCU's Vision

NCU believes that adults throughout the world should be able to further their educations and use the knowledge gained to achieve their individual personal and career goals. The cornerstones to higher education include providing opportunities to learn and earn accredited online degrees in accessible formats that are affordable to adult learners. In addition, institutions of higher education must strive for continued improvement of their educational offerings and hold themselves accountable to standards and oversight of professional quality assurance organizations.

Northcentral University Culture

NCU's Mission and Vision are reflected in the day-to-day operations of the University and are part of their culture. Their focus on the needs of their Learners in all that they do. They make improvements continuously to the quality of their curriculum and their unique approach to 100% online distance learning in order to achieve accredited online degrees. They seek Faculty Mentors who strive personally to be life-long learners in their chosen professions and who invest of themselves in learning and using best practices that further online facilitation of NCU courses. They enlist the help of NCU Learners and Ambassadors who spread the message of NCU as an institution that lives its mission and fulfills its vision every day.

Their graduates are successful Learners who are achieving their hopes and dreams. They are the ultimate testament to NCU's continuing success.

Accreditation

Northcentral University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools ( www.ncahlc.org), located at 30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504, (312) 263-0456.