Connect with Naropa

Naropa’s contemplative education will help you connect more deeply to yourself, to others, and the world at large.

And it starts with our passionate, idiosyncratic community.

Get to know us by scheduling a virtual appointment. Your life will never be the same.

Naropa is Offering Virtual Events Visit Opportunities

Naropa University is unlike any other college or university in the country offering a radically individualized education that allows you to not only explore your deepest passions but also your most profound self.

Is Naropa part of your path? Schedule a virtual appointment and find out. We currently offer:

Virtual appointments with Admissions Counselors
Virtual appointment with Student Financial Services
Virtual Experience Naropa open houses

Tours, Information Sessions, and Experience Naropa Days

Information Sessions

Naropa University is offering virtual information sessions by phone or video.

Information sessions are a great to get your questions answered and learn more about academic offerings and other considerations such as life in Boulder and paying for school. Sign up for an information session.

Campus Tours

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Experience Naropa Open House

Experience Naropa has gone virtual!

The Experience Naropa Virtual Open House offers a brief, engaging program where you’ll meet staff and faculty that are changing our world for the better. Come for the answers to your questions and learn how a Naropa education will serve you now more than ever. Join us for this special online event that will spark your curiosity and renew your spirit! Learn more about this event.

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Top Ten Reasons to Visit Naropa

Because #snowboarding, #hiking, #climbing, #kayaking, #cycling.
Because Boulder, Colorado, is an iconic college town filled with artists, seekers, extreme athletes, visionaries, entrepreneurs, techies, professors, and characters of all types.
Because you will have the chance to experience the remarkable community that is Naropa.
Because in Boulder you can’t swing a mala without hitting a yoga studio.
Because on any given day you can eat vegan, paleo, locovore, gluten-free, organic, Nepalese, Mexican, Italian, Vietnamese, Thai, Argentine, Creole, Japanese…should we go on?
Because the views of the Flatirons will melt your heart.
Because you will meet people whose lives have been transformed.
Because you can get a fair trade espresso, like, everywhere.
Because the weather. Seriously. 300 annual days of sunshine.
Because this may just be the place where you will find your authentic self.

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Admissions
Phone: 303-546-3572
Toll Free: 1-800-772-6951
admissions@naropa.edu

Naropa University
2130 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder, CO 80302

Questions? Give us a call today.

1-800-772-6951

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This is where experiential learning meets academic rigor. Where you challenge your intellect and uncover your potential. Where you discover the work you’re moved to do—then use it to transform our world.

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Life at Naropa

Through its incredibly vibrant and welcoming community, “Naropa offers a home for those who aren’t willing to conform to convention—the mystic, the healer, the prophet, the rebel, the artist, the revolutionary, the oddball—those who are incredible contributors to the evolution of society and of our planet.”—Core Associate Professor Zvi Ish-Shalom

The Naropa Difference

How is Naropa different from other universities? At Naropa, a liberal arts education balances rigorous academics with powerful interpersonal skills and self-awareness to educate the whole person. Naropa’s contemplative approach is inspired by Buddhist philosophy and the conviction that we can build a diverse, contemplative, enlightened society when we have transformed education to affirm the basic goodness of every person.

Support Naropa

At a time when the value of higher education is being questioned, Naropa University stands firmly rooted in its mission to create a more just and regenerative world by nurturing insight, awareness, courage, and compassion in its students. By making a gift to Naropa, you play a pivotal role in helping to create the authentic, effective & mindful leaders that the world desperately needs.

Naropa University campuses are closed on 12/17/2025.

Due to adverse weather conditions of high winds and planned power outages, all Naropa campuses will be closed today.

Spring and Summer Start Dates for the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Concentrations

In support of students and in response to federal legislation impacting financial aid for graduate students, Naropa University will be accepting applications for MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling for spring starts through January 10.

Graduate School of Counseling concentrations listed below will be offering online and low-residency courses to start their programs in January 2026 as well as our Summer 2026 terms.

Beginning a graduate program in Spring 2026 or Summer 2026 means that you will have access to apply for Graduate Plus loans as these loans will be eliminated at the federal level starting in Fall 2026.

Contact Admissions (admissions@naropa.edu) today to learn how you can begin the next step in your graduate education journey.