MISSION: Northland Pioneer College provides educational excellence that is affordable and accessible for the enrichment of communities across northeastern Arizona.

AZ Ahead

NPC and NAU are Collaborating for Student Success!

AZ Ahead is a unique collaboration between Northern Arizona University (NAU) and Northland Pioneer College (NPC) to support you throughout your college journey.

AZ-Ahead

To help you achieve your educational goals, AZ Ahead offers:

  • Individualized Student Support
  • Career Development Workshops
  • Scholarships
  • Family Engagement Events
  • Workshops & Social Activities 
NAU and NPC

The AZ Ahead program is designed to advance postsecondary educational attainment by increasing college retention, persistence, and baccalaureate degree completion rates of students. This is a comprehensive effort to support community college students with direct scholarship funding and services to help students persist and graduate from NPC and ultimately transfer to NAU.

Program Eligibility:

  • Recent high school, online, home-schooled, OR GED completion (within the past year)
  • High School GPA 2.0 or Higher
  • First-time full time student at NPC 
  • Enrolled in 12 credit hours or more
  • Completed FAFSA
  • A resident of Mohave, Coconino, Navajo or Apache County
  • Interested in obtaining a baccalaureate degree from NAU
  • Degree or Certificate seeking

Scholarships & Financial Aid

As an AZ Ahead program participant, students can receive a scholarship of $1,000 per semester at Northland Pioneer College for up to four semesters (if continuing requirements are met). When you transfer to NAU as a full-time student, you may also be eligible to receive the 2NAU scholarship (up to $4,000), and the Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship or the Jacks Transfer Award (up to $8,000 for Flagstaff campus students).

Program Interest:

If you meet the eligibility requirements:

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