Great amenities, accommodations, and student support, but you'll pay for them. While campus housing…read moreis priced at the national average, living in a dorm isn't naturally peaceful. If you value quiet, you'll probably be disappoineted. Studying and sleeping can be difficult due to dorm noise. It's hard to get into a university apartment because there is a waiting list and units are typically reserved for upperclassmen and persons with specific disabilities. It can be expensive to live off campus. While you can use your grant and loan monies towards rent, there's more costs involved: bus passes, parking permits, icy roads, rain, and snow. Finding a parking spot isn't guaranteed. Most off campus students have jobs--PT or summer-- to cover expenses. Family support makes on-campus living easier because you can go home for breaks and holidays. It's much harder on independent students to live a traditional college lifestyle. Flagstaff is generally over priced. Despite this, I am happy that I attended NAU-Flagstaff. I lived on campus, paid campus tuition, but got special permission to take all my classes online so I could have an open work schedule. (I was paying off a car and credit card.) It is hard to get a job in Flagstaff due to the overwhelming number of students trying to find one in a mountain town. Flagstaff is technically a city but it feels like a town. I completed a major in Parks & Recreation Management. My emphasis was Human Health and I did study abroad with NAU in Costa Rica. I am happy that I attended NAU for both the program and location, which is what brought me to the university. (I had considered PA and FL, but want to live in the Wild West instead.) However, I don't know of a single person who likes Dr. Charles Hammersley. His teaching style is so-so and his assignments often didn't correspond to our reading material-- like our own textbooks. I have had discussions with other older adults whom also have had professional jobs prior to taking his courses. All of us were in agreement that he was frustrating. Worse, he is one of the rudest people I have ever met and not open to feedback. He has a pretty bad reputation campus-wide. His courses were difficult not because of the material but because he is a difficult person. I am bringing this up because, by all appearances, it doesn't seem that NAU has done anything about his behavior although the university averages about one formal complaint about him per week. (I am friends with a person in that office!) What makes this a hardship on students is that he teaches the upper level PRM courses; so, you can't avoid him. Altogether, this affects your life and your GPA, causing unnecessary stress in a major program about recreation, health, happiness, and personal growth. It's ironic. NOTE: If you want a job a the ski resort, you'll need 4WD to get there. Most "cool" jobs and PRM-related jobs will require you to commute 30-90 minutes from campus. I moved out of state for several paid internships that provided cheap or free housing in the form of bunk houses, trailers, and historical adobe cottages. I also rented bedrooms from locals loosely affiliated with my employers. I have also lived out of my Prius for seasonal jobs. (If you do this, I would suggest an SUV with tinted windows or stealth camper van because car camping is often illegal. Doing out of a Prius was super uncomfortable.) Of all the college programs in the world, the only ones that I would ever suggest be completed online (after freshman year) are ones in parks, recreation, tourism, sports management, and hospitality. That's because experience matters as much- if not more- than the degree. If your program is offered online, you can work and attend college at the same time. These degrees are not rocket science. Before make any decisions about NAU, call around to housing options on and off campus. Schedule campus tours. Do online research. Try to interview current students and RAs without filters.

This small to midsize university is nestled in the mountains of beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona. The…read morecampus is lovely and all of the students that work. The tours are extremely friendly, personable, and knowledgeable!. In addition to the great location, it's walking distance to the downtown area of Flagstaff, which is just delightful. Great shops, plentiful, coffee, shops, record, stores, bookstores, etc. It really has that small hometown feel. :)

I am in love with Northern Arizona University. I love the trees and grass. It snows in Flagstaff,…read morewhich I love. This is a part of Arizona that gets different seasons throughout the years. Overall such an amazing beautiful campus. This was my first pick of a university I wanted to attend. I love the workers there I believe that they love their job.

This isn't a true school- I went there to check and it was just office buildings not school classssread more

I appreciate that the Emery Riddle Aeronautical University exists. What I don't appreciate is the…read moreday and night noise from your training aircraft flying over our +55 manufactured home park. Just a short distance away are the entire Heritage Park recreation/ballpark and Willow Lake areas. No one lives there. For once, I would like to hear the birds chirping and carry on a conversation outside without all this aerial noise!

Great Expeirence My…read morenewphew started his freshman year at Embry-Riddle and this was my first visit to the campus. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott has an amazing campus and the staff and students are all very welcoming. There are many attributes that I appreciate about this university. First, the class sizes are smaller which allows for a more personalized experience for students to establish a closer relationship with the faculty. In addition, to great campus life. There is a lot to do in Prescott, exploring downtown, hiking and taking advantage of what nature affords here. So glad Embry-Riddle is his choosen University.

Sedona Center for the Arts is a beautiful building with the feeling of large spacious areas. It's…read moresparsely decorated making it comfortably uncluttered. The acoustics were good for the Amplified Jazz concert we attended. The saxophonists had microphones on their instruments, amplifying the sound nicely. One thing I noticed, was the stage and background was very bland, boring and not well thought out. It's like microphones, drum set and keyboard table was just plopped out there. I'd suggest bringing the performers closer to the front of the stage, having some sort of scenic background behind them and maybe a potted plant or two to cozy it up a bit. The seating was very comfortable and being that there wasn't a large audience, they let us sit where ever was most comfortable for our group of four. The check-in process was casual and friendly. I appreciate the young ladies who checked us in as they engaged us in some conversation and laughter. I will recommend this location to others as a clean, friendly, easy in and out location with decent acoustics.

I remember walking to a class that took place in one of these halls near the beginning of the year,…read morethere were nearly 400 students in the class and I wasn't really familiar with classrooms and or halls of this size. It's basically a giant movie theater. Other than the mere size of the room I'd say it was just OK. If you're someone who's okay with classrooms of this size then you'd probably do fine in a class takes place in one of these halls. Personally though, I didn't really enjoy it. I ended up dropping my class that took place in one of these halls because the size was just to big for my comfort. I did learn from the experience though. Next time I have a class to this degree Ill be much more prepared.

I had an encounter with a maintenance staff member who was overly confrontational when I was trying…read moreto clarify a situation. It felt disproportionate but I thought it was just me. Later I spoke to a Woman who had a similar issue but actually felt threatened ... same guy ! At this point I figured something should be said. I looked him up , his name is Johnathan. He's a maintenance person hired by Prescott college and he drives the large white truck. As a college, it's important to remember that every member of your staff, not just your professors, represents your institution's values including those in maintenance roles, since each interaction shapes the perception of your brand. Hopefully the college can address this internally before more bad faith is generated because of this guy.

As a current student, I can confidently say you should get your master's anywhere else. The…read moreteachers are always late with grades, give vauge feedback, which is annoying because how is a student supposed to get better at writing or processing course topics without appropriate feedback? Why are we 8 weeks into the program with no grades or Input? The student aid and registrar staff are super rude. Marion specifically was useless and rude when I asked how to withdraw from a class. My advisor doesn't reply to my emails, especially the important ones where I asked how to contact the disability office and how to withdraw from a class. We pay thousands of dollars for bullshit. I'm mad. It is unacceptable. They also have been fucking students over on their returns. So many students' taxes were off when they got their TI- whatever form. We were supposed to get 100 back, but I wasn't able to, and they gave multiple students incorrect amounts on their tax forms. This place is a scam. Everyone is rude and doesn't do their job. You pay to get abused. Grad school should not be this much of a hassle. GO ANYWHERE ELSE!