NAU Partnership Provides Educational Benefits

Northern Arizona University is pleased to partner with business, organizations and municipalities across Arizona to offer educational benefits for employees who wish to continue their education. Through this unique partnership, employees may pursue graduate degrees from NAU and take advantage of a 10% tuition reduction.

Graduate programs across the state

NAU students are achieving their goals for personal and professional success across the state. Students have choices at NAU — what to study and where to study. NAU offers undergraduate and graduate programs at more than 20 locations.

• Flagstaff — Study in Arizona’s best college town, home to NAU Athletics and views of the San Francisco Peaks.
• Statewide — Earn your bachelor’s or graduate degree at a convenient statewide location, close to home or work.
• Online — Choose among high-demand majors and complete your degree online.

Popular master’s degrees for city and government employees are communication, organizational leadership, professional writing and public administration. Cohort delivery options are available for discussion.

• Communication, Master of Arts — Advance your skills in communication analysis, critical thinking, problem-solving and more. How people communicate with each other influences the dynamics within businesses, families, governments and municipalities, schools, and social relationships. This is an ideal program to improve your understanding of how communication affects finding solutions in a complex global environment.

Available in Flagstaff and online.

• English – Professional Writing, Master of Arts — Improve your written communication skills for a variety of careers in business, government and industry. Learn techniques and processes to create effective written works, including grants and proposals, reports, procedures, policy statements and more. Graduates will be well-prepared for writing and editing careers and able to collaborate with engineers, healthcare professionals, financial experts and scientists to develop professional documents.

Available online.

• Organizational Leadership, Master — Gain skills that will assist you in achieving your professional goals. Learn how to understand organizational problems, develop effective solutions, and lead their implementations. Through a capstone experience, you can personalize your program of study by examining strategies and tactics related to your industry or place of employment.

Available in Phoenix, Tucson, and online.

• Public Administration, Master — Grow your knowledge and skills to prepare for leadership and management roles in public and not-for-profit sectors. The curriculum builds a strong foundation in the theoretical and practical dimensions of public management, and facilitates intellectual development, promotes scholarship, and integrates the theory and practice of public administration with the promotion of public service values. Strengthen your abilities in areas like budget or fiscal proposal preparation, human resource management issues, conflict resolution, and executive management development.

Explore more programs at nau.edu/academics.

How to partner with NAU

Make the 10% graduate tuition discount available to your employees
If your city, town or organization is not currently a partner, the process is simple. A representative from human resources should contact Doug Small, Director of Educational Partnerships, at Douglas.Small@nau.edu to get started.

Host a sponsored cohort program
If your organization has a group of employees who are interested in a particular degree program, NAU is excited to collaborate and offer on-site programs. An on-site cohort provides added convenience for employees by eliminating travel between work and school. NAU has partnered with the City of Tucson, and police departments in Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe to offer on-site master’s degrees to help employees advance their careers. If you’re interested in exploring cohort programs at your place of employment, please contact Doug Small, Director of Educational Partnerships, at Douglas.Small@nau.edu.

How to get started on your degree
If you’re ready to apply to be a student at NAU, take the first step: visit our Admissions website at nau.edu/admissions, call Admissions at 888-628-2968, or send an email to admissions@nau.edu.

If you’re applying for a graduate program and want to benefit from the 10% employee reduction, remember to contact your employer for the tuition reduction form, which must be verified by human resources then submitted to NAU before the tuition payment deadline.

To learn more about Northern Arizona University visit nau.edu.