Low-Residency Degree Programs
Get a contemplative education that fits your life.
At Naropa University, we recognize that not everyone can relocate to Boulder, Colo. That’s why we’ve created distance-learning programs that combine the high engagement of our campus experience with online classes.
Program Information
What Is a Low-Residency Degree Program?
Low-residency programs give you the flexibility of taking most of your classes online. By combining online learning with in-person intensives or retreats, which immerse you in contemplative practice and coursework while also building community, you can maintain your work and personal life and live the experience of contemplative education.
Each low-residency degree program brings you to Colorado for in-person, in-depth experiences, while also allowing you to continue your work and community engagements.
For example, the Ecopsychology master’s starts with a thirteen-day residency, continues with a five-day campus intensive later in the program, then culminates in a rite-of-passage wilderness experience. The Yoga Studies program asks you to attend two in-person retreats that offer meditation immersion and introduce courses for the upcoming semester. In addition to in-person intensives in Colorado, the low-residency Somatic Counseling concentration begins each semester with a 2–3 day virtual intensive to build community.
Quick Facts
7
Low-Residency
Master's Degree
Programs
2-3
Years to Completion
75%
of Graduate
Students Receive
Federal or
Institutional Aid
Naropa University’s Low-Residency Master's Degree Programs
Student, Transformed
Studying Ecopsychology through the combination of contemplative practice and academics appears to take education beyond just knowing about a subject, topic or field of study. I am finding that the combination of contemplative practice and academic study helps me to develop more personal discipline, an ability to cope with the challenges of life and a creative discovery of what makes me most alive.”—Christopher Quiseng, MA Ecopsychology
