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Naropa University Launches Eight Programs for a More Just & Regenerative World

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Spring 2027 degrees invite students to bring their gifts into service through leadership, healing, creative inquiry, and care for the Earth

BOULDER, Colo., October 19, 2026--Naropa University will launch eight new and redesigned degree programs in spring 2027, deepening its commitment to education in service of a more just and regenerative world. The programs prepare students to meet the challenges of this moment—from social division and ecological uncertainty to the need for compassionate mental health care—with professional skills grounded in contemplative practice.

At Naropa, education begins with the whole person: our capacity to pay attention, enter into relationship, and discover what we have to offer. These new programs extend that approach into fields where both knowledge and presence matter. Students will explore how to build trust across differences, care for people and the Earth, and create organizations and communities that support shared well-being.

"The world needs people who can bring both skill and heart to the challenges we share," said Paul Burkhardt, PhD, president of Naropa University. "These programs carry our mission forward by preparing students to care for others, strengthen their communities, and imagine new possibilities. Making that education accessible to more people is central to our future."

Preparing People to Lead, Collaborate, and Serve

The spring programs offer new ways to connect contemplative learning with purposeful work:

  • MA in Leadership: Combines contemplative practice, systems thinking, and ethical inquiry to prepare leaders who can navigate complexity, build trust, and guide meaningful change.

  • Master of Public Administration: Builds skills in policy, budgeting, and public management, with an internship and capstone grounding learning in service to the public good.

  • BA in Leadership: Connects self-awareness with practical skills in collaboration, project management, and community engagement, helping students turn their values into action.

  • MA in Cooperative Management: Prepares students to lead member-owned enterprises through cooperative finance, democratic governance, and organizing that supports shared ownership and community well-being.

  • BA in Sustainability Studies: Integrates sustainability studies with contemplative inquiry, preparing students to respond to environmental challenges with care for communities and the Earth.

  • BA in Integrative Health: Brings together psychology, neuroscience, somatic studies, yoga, and contemplative practice to support a whole-person, trauma-informed understanding of health and well-being.

  • MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling & Certificates: Offers a redesigned 60-credit pathway toward professional counselor licensure, with electives or embedded certificates in somatic, dance/movement, nature-based, mindfulness-based, transpersonal, and Buddhism-informed counseling.

  • MA in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences: Invites students to weave diverse fields of study, contemplative practice, and original research into a personally meaningful inquiry that crosses disciplinary boundaries.

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