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You’re ready to take the next step toward a meaningful career. Naropa University graduate programs can get you there.
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Our programs for graduate students are designed to deepen your existing knowledge and help you to master content from the inside out. A Naropa education at any level is infused with self-discovery and compassionate service to others. Our programs for graduate students are especially rich in these areas, offering advanced academics in a setting that will help you grow personally and professionally as you discover your place in the world.
Keep reading to learn more about becoming a graduate student at Naropa University.
Graduate students must apply directly through their program of interest. Applicants may only apply to one program at a time. Because our graduate programs are distinct from one another and designed to fully prepare the student in a particular area, we do not offer combination or interdisciplinary program options.
As an aspiring Naropa graduate student, you’ll find that our application process encourages your openness and contemplation. We promise to offer a holistic application review, ensuring that your voice is heard by the entire review committee.
MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Low-Residency Option)
Develop the skills to become a compassionate professional counselor in Naropa University’s new 60-credit Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) MA program, which combines CACREP-aligned training with unparalleled flexibility and a more affordable tuition structure.
MA in Cooperative Management (Online)
Explore contemplative leadership with practical business, governance, and organizing skills—preparing you to build and manage democratic, member-owned enterprises and help shape a more equitable future in the growing solidarity economy.
MA in Ecopsychology (Low-Residency)
MA in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Online)
Integrate diverse fields of study, contemplative practice, and original research into a course of inquiry uniquely your own.
MA in Leadership (Online)
Explore leadership through contemplative practice, systems thinking, and applied skill development while examining questions of ethics, power, privilege, and meaningful change.
MA in Religious Studies: Yoga Studies (Low-Residency)
Immerse yourself in yogic forms of meditation, study Buddhist and Indo-Tibetan religious traditions, and unveil knowledge of Sanskrit texts.
MA in Spiritual Care (Low-Residency)
The low-residency MA in Spiritual Care program cultivates compassionate and skilled leaders who are ready to serve diverse communities through the transformative practice of spiritual care.
Master of Divinity (On-Campus & Low-Residency)
MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics
MFA in Creative Writing (Low-Residency)
Master of Public Administration (Online)
As a graduate student, you will engage in experiential learning through internships, practicums, and community-based programs. These are high-value opportunities for graduate students, offering hands-on applications for your graduate level studies.
By applying to college in any Naropa graduate program that includes an internship or practicum, you are agreeing to complete and pass drug screenings and background checks, and to submit your current immunization records. Should drug testing be required, medical and recreational marijuana are not exempt.
Graduate Students, Find Your Truth at Naropa
Deepen Your Knowledge
At Naropa, academic rigor meets contemplative practice, allowing graduate students to master content from a place of deep self-reflection. Here, you’ll mine the depths of your chosen field.
Serve Others with Compassion
Here, you’ll engage in acts of service that challenge your assumptions, inspire self-reflection and allow for deep connection to diverse communities.
Find Authentic Community
Naropa students are deeply committed to being themselves, which means you can be yourself here, too. At Naropa, you’ll find your niche and from there, grow into your best self.
Hear from Naropa Graduate Students
“I felt called to Naropa. When I applied, I knew it was the next step on my soul journey towards healing myself and becoming a more integrated human being. I truly believe that change starts at home in our own minds and bodies and radiates out to the world.”
—Thea Bosselmann, Creative Writing & Poetics
