University of Northern Colorado

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Doctoral/Research Universities

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

University of Northern Colorado Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Again, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Legal Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. University of Northern Colorado is unique in its study options. For example, the university has a Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, ESL, External Degree Program, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Semester At Sea, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Visiting/Exchange Student Program.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of Northern Colorado.

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Business Administration/Management

Popular majors:

fifteen percent interdisciplinary studies, thirteen percent business per marketing, eleven percent social sciences, ten percent health professions, nine percent communications per journalism, eight percent visual and performing arts, seven percent parks and recreation, seven percent psychology

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General

Education:

Music Teacher Education, Special Education

Foreign Language and Literature:

Foreign Language & Literature – General, Spanish

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences, Parks/Leisure Facilities Management

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, Physics

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Audiology/Hearing Sciences, Health Services – General, Health System Administration, Medical Dietetics, Nursing (RN), Public Health Education, Speech-Language Pathology, Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Public Administration and Service:

Human Services

History:

History – General

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 25th of May. Furthermore, for international students, the application fee is 60.

University of Northern Colorado Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 82% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 71%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For one thing, there were two thousand, one hundred total number of transfer students who applied and one thousand, five hundred and fifteen total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of forty dollars regular application fee, forty dollars out-of-state application fee, forty dollars online application fee and point zero .

For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of August and For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 25th of May. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. The regular application is due the 1st of August.

University of Northern Colorado Financial Aid

Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics and State/District Residency. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Athletics and Music/Drama. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid distribution is at twenty-nine percent scholarships per grants and seventy-one percent loans per jobs.

University of Northern Colorado Students

University of Northern Colorado offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 82 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited. Again, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. The school’s size is approximately ten thousand, four hundred and seven degree-seeking undergrads, two thousand, four hundred and forty-one first-time degree-seeking freshmen and two thousand, three hundred and forty-five graduate enrollment. Furthermore, the student body consists of ninety percent in-state students, ten percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, sixty percent women, forty percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, five percent asian per pacific islander, three percent black per non-hispanic, nine percent hispanic, seventy-nine percent white per non-hispanic, less than one percent non-resident alien, three percent race per ethnicity unreported, ten percent in top 10th of graduating class, thirty-two percent in top quarter of graduating class, sixty-eight percent in top half of graduating class, nineteen percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, fourteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty-eight percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and five percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49.

This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus. In other words, the school is located 50 miles from Denver, 50 miles from Cheyenne, Wyoming.Moreover, the university has many unique facilites such as African-American cultural center, Hispanic cultural center.

University of Northern Colorado Athletics

The Bears are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track and field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Wrestling