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IPEDS ID: 219204
OPE ID: 00405700
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National American University-Rapid City
5301 Mount Rushmore Road, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-2823
General information:  (605) 394-4800
Website:  www.national.edu/locations/campuses/rapid-city/
Type:  4-year, Private for-profit
Awards offered:  Less than one year certificate
One but less than two years certificate
Associate's degree
Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship
Campus setting:  City: Small
Campus housing:  No
Student population:  1,665 (1,421 undergraduate)
Student-to-faculty ratio:  10 to 1
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Financial Aidwww.national.edu/admissions-financial/financial-aid/federal-financial-aid/
Net Price Calculatorwww.national.edu/net-price-calculator/
Tuition Policies for Servicemembers and Veteranswww.national.edu/admissions-financial/military/using-your-military-benefits/
Disability Serviceswww.national.edu/americans-with-disabilities-act-policy/
Mission Statement
  www.national.edu/about-nau/
Carnegie Classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Religious Affiliation
Not applicable
Federal Aid
Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans).
Undergraduate students enrolled who are formally registered with office of disability services
3% or less
Special Learning Opportunities
ROTC (Army)
Distance education – undergraduate programs offered
Distance education – graduate programs offered
Weekend/evening college
Student Services
Remedial services
Academic/career counseling service
Employment services for students
Placement services for completers
Credit Accepted
Dual credit
Credit for life experiences
Advanced placement (AP) credits
Faculty and graduate assistants by primary function, Fall 2018Full timePart time
Total faculty5387
Instructional5387
Research and public service00
Total graduate assistants-0
Instructional-0
Research-0
open-close Tuition, Fees, and Estimated Student Expenses
Estimated Expenses for Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students
  • Beginning students are those who are entering postsecondary education for the first time.
Estimated expenses for academic year2015-20162016-20172017-20182018-2019% change 2017-2018 to 2018-2019
Tuition and fees$13,647$13,989$15,000$15,0000.0%
Books and supplies$1,350$1,350$1,350$1,3500.0%
Living arrangement
Off Campus
Room and board$7,002$7,038$7,182$7,164-0.3%
Other$438$303$273$252-7.7%
Off Campus with Family
Other$1,521$303$273$252-7.7%
Total Expenses2015-20162016-20172017-20182018-2019% change 2017-2018 to 2018-2019
Off Campus$22,437$22,680$23,805$23,766-0.2%
Off Campus with Family$16,518$15,642$16,623$16,602-0.1%
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Average graduate student tuition and fees for academic year2018-2019
Tuition$15,000
Fees$75
Alternative Tuition Plans
  • No alternative tuition plans are offered by this institution.
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Undergraduate Student Financial Aid, 2017-2018
Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students
  • Beginning students are those who are entering postsecondary education for the first time.
Type of AidNumber receiving aidPercent receiving aidTotal amount of aid receivedAverage amount of aid received
Any student financial aid18100%————
Grant or scholarship aid788%$32,525$4,646
Federal grants563%$17,925$3,585
Pell grants563%$17,925$3,585
Other federal grants00%$0—
State/local government grant or scholarships(*)25%(*)(*)
Institutional grants or scholarships(*)13%(*)(*)
Student loan aid675%$42,667$7,111
Federal student loans675%$42,667$7,111
Other student loans00%$0—
  • 1 Includes students receiving Federal work study aid and aid from other sources not listed above.
  • (*) Number receiving aid and total and average amounts of aid received are withheld to preserve the privacy of individuals.
All Undergraduate Students
Type of AidNumber receiving aidPercent receiving aidTotal amount of aid receivedAverage amount of aid received
Grant or scholarship aid196886%$3,660,738$3,782
Pell grants88178%$2,667,055$3,027
Federal student loans96085%$7,141,065$7,439
  • 1 Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.
  • The estimates apply to full-time students only.  They are not typical for the majority of NAU students, who are non-traditional students attending classes part-time. Less than 1% of NAU students attend classes full-time during the academic year.

  • For more information on Student Financial Assistance Programs or to apply for financial aid via the web, visit Federal Student Aid.
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Average Net Price for Full-Time Beginning Students
Full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded grant or scholarship aid from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.
2015-20162016-20172017-2018
Average net price$17,632$15,428$18,133
Full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded Title IV aid by income.
Average net price by Income2015-20162016-20172017-2018
$0 – $30,000$18,144$13,346$19,654
$30,001 – $48,000——$18,077
$48,001 – $75,000$17,277$17,510—
$75,001 – $110,000$20,069—$22,608
$110,001 and more———
  • Average net price is generated by subtracting the average amount of federal, state/local government, or institutional grant or scholarship aid from the total cost of attendance. Total cost of attendance is the sum of published tuition and required fees, books and supplies, and the weighted average for room and board and other expenses.
  • Beginning students are those who are entering postsecondary education for the first time.
  • Title IV aid to students includes grant aid, work study aid, and loan aid. These include: Federal Pell Grant, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG), National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant), Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant, Federal Work-Study, Federal Perkins Loan, Subsidized Direct or FFEL Stafford Loan, and Unsubsidized Direct or FFEL Stafford Loan. For those Title IV recipients, net price is reported by income category and includes students who received federal aid even if none of that aid was provided in the form of grants. While Title IV status defines the cohort of student for which the data are reported, the definition of net price remains the same – total cost of attendance minus grant aid.
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open-close Enrollment
Fall 2018
Total enrollment1,665
Undergraduate enrollment1,421
Undergraduate transfer-in enrollment256
Graduate enrollment244
Undergraduate Attendance StatusUndergraduate Student Gender
Undergraduate Attendance Status: Full-time: 20% Part-time: 80%Undergraduate Student Gender: Male: 28% Female: 72%
Undergraduate Race/ethnicity
Undergraduate Race/ethnicity: American Indian or Alaska Native: 3% Asian: 1% Black or African American: 38% Hispanic/Latino: 7% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 1% White: 43% Two or more races: 1% Race/ethnicity unknown: 7% Non-resident alien: 0%
Undergraduate Student AgeUndergraduate Student Residence
Undergraduate Student Age: 24 and under: 14% 25 and over: 86% Age unknown: 0%Undergraduate Student Residence: In-state: 13% Out-of-state: 73% Foreign countries: 0% Unknown: 13%
  • Age data are reported for Fall 2017.
  • Residence data are reported for first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates.
Graduate Attendance Status
Graduate Attendance Status: Full-time: 13% Part-time: 87%
Undergraduate Distance Education StatusGraduate Distance Education Status
Undergraduate Enrollment by Distance Education Status: Enrolled only in distance education: 98% Enrolled in some distance education: 2% Not enrolled in any distance education: 1%Graduate Enrollment by Distance Education Status: Enrolled only in distance education: 100% Enrolled in some distance education: 0% Not enrolled in any distance education: 0%
open-close Admissions
  • This institution has an open admission policy. Contact the institution for more information.
open-close Retention and Graduation Rates
Overall Graduation Rate and Transfer-Out Rate

The overall graduation rate is also known as the "Student Right to Know" or IPEDS graduation rate. It tracks the progress of students who began their studies as full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking students to see if they complete a degree or other award such as a certificate within 150% of "normal time" for completing the program in which they are enrolled.

Some institutions also report a transfer-out rate, which is the percentage of the full-time, first-time students who transferred to another institution.

Note that not all students at the institution are tracked for these rates. Students who have already attended another postsecondary institution, or who began their studies on a part-time basis, are not tracked for this rate. At this institution, 2 percent of entering students were counted as "full-time, first-time" in 2018.

Overall Graduation and Transfer-Out Rates for Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2012
Overall graduation rate: Overall graduation rate: 22% (*) Transfer-out rate:
Percentage of Full-time, First-Time Students Who Graduated or Transferred Out Within 150% of "Normal Time" to Completion for Their Program
  • (*) Not all institutions report transfer-out rates.
Overall graduation rate by gender
Overall graduation rate by gender: Male: 0% Female: 31%
Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2012 and Graduated Within 150% of "Normal Time" to Completion for Their Program
Overall graduation rate by race/ethnicity
Overall graduation rate by race/ethnicity: Black or African American: 0% Hispanic/Latino: 0% White: 36% Two or more races: 0% Race/ethnicity unknown: 0%
Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2012 and Graduated Within 150% of "Normal Time" to Completion for Their Program
Bachelor's Degree Graduation Rates

Bachelor’s degree graduation rates measure the percentage of entering students beginning their studies full-time and seeking a bachelor's degree, who earn a bachelor’s degree within a specified amount of time. At this institution, 44 percent of the overall cohort were pursuing bachelor's degrees in 2012.

Graduation Rates for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees
Bachelor's degree rate: [Began in Fall 2010] 4-year: 0% 6-year: 0% 8-year: 0% [Began in Fall 2012] 4-year: 0% 6-year: 13%
Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Graduated in the Specified Amount of Time
  • The data does not reflect National American University’s student body. NAU predominantly serves working adult students who attend part-time, bring transfer credits from other institutions, and choose to take longer to complete their degrees. The data only includes students who are attending college for the first time, do not have transfer credits, and are attending full time.
open-close Outcome Measures
  • Alternative measures of student success are reported by degree-granting institutions to describe the outcomes of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who are not only first-time, full-time students, but also part-time attending and non-first-time (transfer-in) students. These measures are also reported for students receiving Pell grants and those students that do not receive Pell grants. These measures provide the 8-year award-completion rates by award level (certificates, associate's and bachelor degrees) after entering an institution. For students who did not earn any undergraduate award after 8-years of entry, the enrollment statuses are reported as either still enrolled at the institution, or subsequently transferred out of the institution. Unlike the Graduation Rates data, all reporting institutions must report on their transfer outs regardless if the institution has a mission that provides substantial transfer preparation.
FULL-TIME, FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2010-11
Award and enrollment rate: [All students] Received a certificate: 0% Received an Associate's degree: 9% Received a Bachelor's degree: 8% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 0% [Pell] Received a certificate: 0% Received an Associate's degree: 7% Received a Bachelor's degree: 9% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 0% [Non-Pell] Received a certificate: 0% Received an Associate's degree: 13% Received a Bachelor's degree: 7% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 0%
PART-TIME, FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2010-11
Award and enrollment rate: [All students] Received a certificate: 2% Received an Associate's degree: 4% Received a Bachelor's degree: 1% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 0% [Pell] Received a certificate: 3% Received an Associate's degree: 5% Received a Bachelor's degree: 1% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 0% [Non-Pell] Received a certificate: 1% Received an Associate's degree: 1% Received a Bachelor's degree: 3% Enrolled at same institution: 1% Enrolled at different institution: 0%
FULL-TIME, NON-FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2010-11
Award and enrollment rate: [All students] Received a certificate: 0% Received an Associate's degree: 8% Received a Bachelor's degree: 19% Enrolled at same institution: 1% Enrolled at different institution: 0% [Pell] Received a certificate: 0% Received an Associate's degree: 6% Received a Bachelor's degree: 21% Enrolled at same institution: 1% Enrolled at different institution: 0% [Non-Pell] Received a certificate: 0% Received an Associate's degree: 13% Received a Bachelor's degree: 16% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 0%
PART-TIME, NON-FIRST-TIME DEGREE/CERTIFICATE-SEEKING UNDERGRADUATES WHO ENTERED IN 2010-11
Award and enrollment rate: [All students] Received a certificate: 2% Received an Associate's degree: 6% Received a Bachelor's degree: 9% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 0% [Pell] Received a certificate: 2% Received an Associate's degree: 5% Received a Bachelor's degree: 6% Enrolled at same institution: 0% Enrolled at different institution: 0% [Non-Pell] Received a certificate: 1% Received an Associate's degree: 7% Received a Bachelor's degree: 17% Enrolled at same institution: 1% Enrolled at different institution: 0%
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Completions (Number of awards conferred) 2017-2018
Completions are the number of awards conferred by program and award level.
sort byProgramAssociateBachelorMasterDoctorUndergraduate
Certificate
  • Data shown are for first majors.
  • (-) Program is not offered at this award level.
  • d identifies programs and award levels that are offered as a distance education program. For program category totals, d is shown if one or more programs in the category are offered as a distance education program.
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Accounting-3d---
Accounting and Business/Management-2d---
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping4d----
Business Administration and Management, General35d57d---
Construction Management1----
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies-0---
Finance, General-1d---
Hospitality Administration/Management, General-1d---
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General-7d---
International Business/Trade/Commerce-1d---
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management1d1d---
Marketing, Other-0---
Marketing/Marketing Management, General-3d---
Organizational Leadership-4d---
Small Business Administration/Management1d----
Category total42d80d---
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Computer and Information Sciences, General0----
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance0d3d---
Computer Software and Media Applications, Other-4---
Computer Support Specialist14d----
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications-3d---
Information Technology-6d---
Network and System Administration/Administrator-0d--1d
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager-0d---
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design-0---
Category total14d16d--1d
Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD6----
Category total6----
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General----1
Category total----1
Health Professions and Related Programs
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)1d----
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician5d----
Health/Health Care Administration/Management0d39d---
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary10d----
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder----6d
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician1d----
Medical/Clinical Assistant00---
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse-6---
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant10---8
Category total27d45d--14d
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies17d22d---
Homeland Security-4-4d2
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Operations-44d--
Category total17d30d4d4d2
Legal Professions and Studies
Legal Assistant/Paralegal32---
Legal Professions and Studies, Other-0---
Category total32---
Military Technologies and Applied Sciences
Strategic Intelligence-45d-1
Category total-45d-1
Personal and Culinary Services
Salon/Beauty Salon Management/Manager2d----
Category total2d----
Visual and Performing Arts
Design and Visual Communications, General-2---
Graphic Design1----
Category total12---
Grand total1121799419
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Services and Programs for Servicemembers and Veterans
Yellow Ribbon Program (officially known as Post-9/11 GI Bill, Yellow Ribbon Program)
Credit for military training
Dedicated point of contact for support services for veterans, military servicemembers, and their families
Member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
Tuition policies specifically for Veterans and Servicemembers
Educational Benefits, 2017-2018
Number of students receiving benefits/assistance
Number of students receiving benefits/assistance: Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits - undergraduates: 248 Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits - graduates: 24 DoD Tuition Assistance Program - undergraduates: 89 DoD Tuition Assistance Program - graduates: 12
Average amount of benefits/assistance awarded through the institution
Average amount of benefits/assistance awarded through the institution: Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits - undergraduates: $3,467 Post-9/11 GI Bill Benefits - graduates: $1,985 DoD Tuition Assistance Program - undergraduates: $2,053 DoD Tuition Assistance Program - graduates: $2,459
RETENTION RATES
RETENTION RATES FOR FIRST-TIME, DEGREE/CERTIFICATE EDUCATION BENEFIT USERS PURSUING BACHELOR'S DEGREES
RETENTION RATES FOR FIRST-TIME, DEGREE/CERTIFICATE EDUCATION BENEFIT USERS PURSUING BACHELOR'S DEGREES Full-time students: 75% Part-time students: 33%
Retention rate is the percentage of undergraduate students who began their studies in academic year 2013-14 and returned in academic year 2014-15
open-close Varsity Athletic Teams
  • No varsity sports data reported for this institution.
open-close Accreditation
Institutional Accreditation
AccreditorStatusNext Review Date
Higher Learning CommissionAccredited since ((!)01/01/1985)08/31/2025
Programmatic Accreditation
Accreditor / ProgramStatusNext Review Date
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levelsAccredited since (03/07/2011)12/31/2016
Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levelsAccredited since (03/07/2011)12/31/2016
  • (!) Estimated date
  • For more detailed information on accreditation for this institution, including all actions and justification for actions, visit OPE's Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs: ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/institution-profile/142896.
open-close Campus Security
2016 Crime Statistics
Arrests - On-Campus201420152016
Illegal weapons possession000
Drug law violations000
Liquor law violations000
Criminal Offenses - On-Campus201420152016
Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter000
Negligent manslaughter000
Rape000
Fondling000
Incest000
Statutory rape000
Robbery000
Aggravated assault000
Burglary000
Motor vehicle theft000
Arson000
  • The crime data reported by the institutions have not been subjected to independent verification by the U.S. Department of Education. Therefore, the Department cannot vouch for the accuracy of the data reported here.
  • These data do not include incidents that: (a) took place off campus on public property immediately adjacent to and accessible from the Campus; (b) took place on a noncampus building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or (c) incidents at buildings/property owned or controlled by an institution but is not contiguous to the institution. For further information, see http://ope.ed.gov/security.
open-close Cohort Default Rates
Three-year Official Cohort Default Rates
Fiscal Year201520142013
Default rate23.7%24.1%23.4%
Number in default1,6231,7911,617
Number in repayment6,8357,4076,898
  • These default rates apply to all locations of this institution.
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