Advance Your Career Graduate Studies at AMU

• Online and In person programs: As a graduate student at AMU, you'll benefit from our small class sizes, affordable tuition, competitive merit-based scholarships, and our vibrantly Catholic campus life. Under the guidance of faithful and prestigious professors, you'll not only form your mind, but you'll also form your whole person through the Catholic perspective.
• The online M.B.A. program at Ave Maria University not only offers the flexibility of being able to study whenever and wherever you desire, it also provides you the opportunity to experience a quality, well-rounded education at an affordable price. Our online programs allow you to maintain your work and family commitments, and do your class work whenever it's most convenient for you. Discover what it's like to experience the M.B.A. program from Ave Maria University online as you build further skills to become a leader of tomorrow.
• So that in all Things God May Be Glorified Take the next step in your journey to be astounded by the infinite knowledge and wisdom of our God. Obtain your Ph.D. in Catholic Theology at AMU and you'll benefit from strictly capped class sizes and a distinguished and ecclesiastically approved teaching faculty. Dare to wonder at the greatest mysteries of our faith and prepare yourself for advanced studies or leading roles in Catholic higher education. Get started today by enrolling in the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Theology program at AMU.
• Invest in Your Future Leadership that Counts Catholic schools are different by design: they do more, teach more, and are responsible for more than meeting state standards and benchmarks. The focus on professional training of Catholic school leaders should address this difference, where Catholic faith impacts and influences how its leaders perform, providing a valued option to modern secular school leadership programs. The Masters in Catholic Educational Leadership program addresses elements that are missing in secular-focused programs: from advancing Catholic mission and identity, to nurturing the formation of mind, body and spirit of students and staff, to leading with moral standards faithful to the Church, to countering relativism and utilitarianism in the educational program. Its focus is both practical and spiritual—delivering the professional skills, knowledge, and inspiration for successful Catholic educational leadership. This M.Ed. program is designed to exert maximum influence and support in confident response to the challenges and opportunities facing the leaders of Catholic schools nationwide.
• So That in All Things God May Be Glorified To study Catholic theology is to realize that the Word Incarnate and the Holy Spirit inspired Sacred Scripture and continue to guide the Magisterium of the Church. It is to study Church Tradition, which directs us as we reach up to the great minds and hearts of the many saints and scholars who, over the millennia, have contributed to the quest for genuine holiness, wisdom, science, scholarship, and art. Ave Maria University's Master of Arts in Catholic Theology emphasizes a contemplative pattern of study that initiates our graduate students into the great tradition of speculative wisdom, with its unifying theoretical vision of the whole of God's creative and redemptive presence.
• The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Philosophy at Ave Maria University offers a focused program of study in the Catholic philosophical tradition, specializing in core areas of natural philosophy, metaphysics, and moral philosophy according to the systematic thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. The pursuit of Catholic philosophical wisdom at the graduate level is defined by the intellectual spirit articulated by St. Anselm of Canterbury: "faith seeking understanding." Inspired by seminal papal encyclicals on the role of philosophy in Catholic education – including Pope Leo XIII's Aeterni Patris, Pope Pius XI's Studiorum ducem, Pope John Paul II's Fides et ratio – and aligned with Vatican II's declaration Gravissimum educationis, the M.A. in Philosophy contributes to the revitalization of Thomistic thought as fundamental to a sound and rigorous philosophical formation. Students will engage broadly with the history of philosophy from ancient times to the modern and contemporary era, and they will learn to use tools of logical analysis and dialectical method to critically examine arguments of significance, both old and new, as ultimately oriented to the pursuit of truth.
• online Masters of arts in theology So That in All Things God May Be Glorified To study Catholic theology is to realize that the Word Incarnate and the Holy Spirit inspired Sacred Scripture and continue to guide the Magisterium of the Church. It is to study Church Tradition, which directs us as we reach up to the great minds and hearts of the many saints and scholars who, over the millennia, have contributed to the quest for genuine holiness, wisdom, science, scholarship, and art. Ave Maria University's Master of Arts in Catholic Theology emphasizes a contemplative pattern of study that initiates our graduate students into the great tradition of speculative wisdom, with its unifying theoretical vision of the whole of God's creative and redemptive presence.
• Class Format Synchronous Hybrid The majority of program classes, and all required courses, will be taught by AMU faculty onsite in a synchronous hybrid format that allows remote students to interact with professors and those attending on-site in real-time. Such classes will be recorded but not published so that students may review seminar discussions in the case of emergencies and occasional conflicts. Access to recordings will be granted at the discretion of the instructor. Occasional electives may be offered by prominent professionals and scholars in an entirely remote format with scheduling up to the discretion of the instructor. Graduate students may also have the opportunity to enroll in graduate sections of electives that run concurrently with upper-level undergraduate electives.Graduates of the M.A. CRW Program will be prepared to assume professional communication roles and attend doctoral programs in communication studies, rhetoric studies, or writing studies, engage with communicative practices and artifacts in ways that are informed by the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and classical liberal arts tradition, and strive for Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in their communication practices.
• Link to graduate programs: https://www.avemaria.edu/academics/graduate

Whether you're seeking to deepen your faith, advance your career, or answer a higher calling, Ave Maria University's graduate programs offer a transformative educational experience rooted in Catholic tradition and intellectual excellence. Our comprehensive range of master's and doctoral programs—from business and theology to philosophy and educational leadership—welcomes both recent graduates and seasoned professionals ready to take the next step in their academic journey. With small class sizes, affordable tuition, competitive merit-based scholarships, and the guidance of faithful, prestigious faculty, you'll find yourself part of a vibrant community committed to forming not just your mind, but your whole person through a Catholic perspective that enriches every discipline.

We understand that life doesn't pause for education. That's why Ave Maria offers the flexibility you need through our online and hybrid programs, allowing you to maintain your work and family commitments while pursuing advanced degrees on your own schedule. Our online Master of Business Administration delivers a quality, well-rounded education at an accessible price, preparing you to become a leader of tomorrow. Meanwhile, our synchronous hybrid format for the Master of Arts in Catholic Theology connects you in real-time with distinguished faculty and fellow students, whether you're studying on campus or from home.

For those called to lead in Catholic education, our Master of Education in Catholic Educational Leadership addresses what secular programs cannot: how Catholic faith fundamentally shapes school leadership, mission, and identity. And for those drawn to profound theological and philosophical study, our Master of Arts programs in Catholic Theology and Philosophy—grounded in the great tradition of St. Thomas Aquinas and contemplative wisdom—offer a rigorous exploration of faith seeking understanding. Our Doctor of Philosophy in Catholic Theology, with its strictly capped classes and ecclesiastically approved faculty, invites you to wonder at the greatest mysteries of our faith and prepare for advanced scholarship or leadership roles in Catholic higher education.

The Ave Maria community awaits your next chapter. Discover how our graduate programs can deepen your calling, strengthen your professional skills, and help you glorify God in all things. Visit our graduate programs website to explore your options and begin your application today. https://www.avemaria.edu/academics/graduate