University Of Northern Colorado

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

The University of Northern Colorado, also known as UNC or Northern Colorado, is a coeducational, public institution of higher education and research. It is located in Greeley, Colorado, United States. It was established in 1889 as the State Normal School of Colorado. It gained the status of university in 1970.

UNC offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs in the fields of humanities, arts, sciences, business, human sciences, and education. The university is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
• College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• College of Natural and Health Sciences
• College of Performing and Visual Arts
• Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business

UNC’s student body has a good number of international students, representing 50 foreign countries and six continents. UNC's sports teams are called the Bears.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling, liberal arts, nutrition and exercise therapy, fine arts, media, mathematics, and music.
• Large number of students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Affordable tuition & fees.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Northern Colorado participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 85% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 12,498 in 2009-2010 (11,224 full-time equivalent).

About 40% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 60% of the class.

Undergrads are 75% of enrolled students and graduate students are 25%.

Students under 25 years old represent 75% of the student body. About 8% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Northern Colorado provides on-campus housing for 3,139 of its 11,224 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big Sky Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 97 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 73 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Northern Colorado offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (287 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (13 awarded)

• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (265 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational Statistics and Research Methods
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (3 awarded)

• Adult Development and Aging

FINE ARTS (109 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (662 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Anthropology
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Geography
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (47 awarded)

• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (213 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (10 awarded)

• Public Health Education and Promotion

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (85 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (51 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (161 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (260 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (7 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (94 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (89 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (225 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Psychology
• School Psychology