Founded in 1913, Northwest Nazarene University is a comprehensive Christian university with 86 undergraduate areas of study, 18 master’s degrees in six different disciplines, five Education Specialists degrees and two doctoral degrees. NNU sits on an 88-acre residential campus in the heart of the Boise Valley, with online and extension campuses in Idaho Falls and in 35 countries around the world.

NNU is committed to providing a transformational education that prepares its students to pursue a meaningful life rooted in timeless values and empowered by community, equipping them to become God's creative and redemptive agent in the world. NNU’s 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students hail from 41 states and 27 countries. It has more than 6,000 continuing education students from a variety of professions, and more than 10,000 high school students who participate in the University’s concurrent credit program.