Northern State University's associate degree in early childhood education is your gateway to an exciting and rewarding career in childcare and education. 

Immediate path to qualified childcare provider

Our program equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to excel as a qualified childcare provider. You'll be making a positive impact on young minds and setting the foundation for their future success.

Format: Online or On Campus

This online master's program prepares educators and aspiring educators to tap their leadership potential and deepen their impact through education. Northern also offers you the option to personalize your experience by selecting from two specialized tracks:

Our elementary education program at Northern State University is designed to prepare you to become an inspiring, effective teacher. With a focus on innovative teaching methods and classroom management techniques, we give you the tools to create engaging lessons that reach every type of learner. Through a combination of expert-led coursework and real-world experiences, you’ll gain the skills needed to make a lasting impact in the classroom and beyond.

Format: Online or On Campus

As an NSU English major, you'll learn to write clearly, read critically, connect ideas meaningfully, understand diversity, relate historical context to human interactions, and see others empathetically. Northern's English program is structured to help students tailor their major to suit their needs. Each student chooses from several program emphases, each of which prioritizes different skill sets and content to suit students’ own career goals.  

Format: Online or On Campus

Northern’s Entrepreneurship Certificate offers a flexible and affordable opportunity to learn to:

• Identify business and innovation opportunities
• Communicate the value of products and services to potential customers, and
• Write business plans

It's designed for aspiring and current entrepreneurs and is open to current Northern students as well as community members who are not seeking to earn a degree.

Northern’s environmental science bachelor's degree program merges biological, physical, and information sciences with the study of environmental systems, issues, and solutions to major environmental problems.

As an environmental science major at Northern, you'll study the fascinating interrelation between the natural sciences. You'll examine the relationship between living organisms and the ecosystems in which they live, addressing how humans affect the environment and how you can help reduce or even reverse negative impacts.

Northern's executive banking certificate is among Northern's various academic offerings preparing you for a successful career in banking, along with the Bachelor of Science in Banking and Financial Services, offered on campus and online; the Master of Science in Banking and Financial Services, offered online; the Intermediate Banking Certificate; and

As a finance major at NSU, you’ll learn to examine and understand the allocation of financial resources and capital, and master the intricacies of portfolio management. Our small class sizes give you valuable opportunities to interact directly with professors, ask questions, and receive career advice. 

With an NSU degree in finance, you’ll have all the necessary professional skills to enter the workforce or apply to graduate school.

Come prepared to grow and lead!

Unleash your potential as a future educator with the Gateway to Teacher Education Certificate! Designed for high school students, this flexible certificate program offers high school dual credit coursework in our online and HyFlex settings. Join us and take the first step towards a rewarding career in education.