U.S. News Best Colleges, 2017 Edition, ranked NAU #42 on the publication’s annual list of engineering schools whose highest degree is a master’s.

In 2017, U.S. News and World Report ranked NAU’s Physical Therapy program as #40 in the nation.

The NAU research enterprise boasts strengths in bioengineering and biosciences, genetics and genomics, ecology and environmental research, forestry, sustainability, climate science, astronomy and Native American health and wellness.

Northern Arizona University is one of only 40 universities to earn a gold rating from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS).