Mission Statement

NAU-Yuma's mission is to extend the reach of Northern Arizona University by providing educational programs, conducting applied research, developing student services, and fostering intellectual, cultural, and scholarly activity in a collaborative manner that meets the unique needs of the diverse and growing communities of the lower Colorado River region.

The branch campus offers curricula that are affiliated with the Flagstaff campus as well as develops demand-driven programs that are uniquely situated at NAU-Yuma.

The branch campus works in partnership with local community colleges, especially Arizona Western College, to be a local hub for furthering the educational goals of the citizens of Yuma and La Paz counties.

As the Hispanic Serving branch campus, NAU-Yuma provides NAU faculty in Flagstaff and across the state with applied research opportunities in areas that facilitate trans-border studies, economic development, public safety and health, multicultural education, and environmental sustainability.