Our mission is to create a student-centered, world-class educational system that focuses on offering quality, market-relevant programs to lifelong learners.
Since 1971, National University has been dedicated to meeting the needs of hard-working adults by providing accessible, affordable, and achievable higher education opportunities. Founded by retired U.S. Navy Capt. David Chigos, we now educate to grow and change, but our commitment to our values remains constant. National University’s values include:
Quality: Provide an exceptional student experience, from initial contact to degree completion and engagement as alumni.
Innovation: Cultivate innovation and invest in the latest developments that will have a positive impact on our students
Collaboration: Create cooperative work relationships, enabling us to develop the best services, learning solutions, and academic pathways for our students.
Diversity: Embrace differences in race, gender, age, ability, and geography as a part of our academic fabric and appreciate those differences as drivers of change.
Access: Offer Flexible, convenient, and affordable courses and programs for any qualified and motivated lifelong learner.
As the first MFT degree program with distance education to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy (COAMFTE), National University (formerly Northcentral University) provides rigorous training to help you develop into a competent, ethical, culturally sensitive and licensable marriage and family therapist.
Accreditation from the International Accreditation Commission for Systemic Therapy Education (IACSTE) ensures that this program meets the quality standards for programs that provide systemic therapy education and training. NU’s MFT degree courses are primarily online, however, practicum, internships, and clinical supervision activities include traditional engagement in the communities our students reside.
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