Informing Today – Transforming Tomorrow

Benedictine University is a regionally accredited and highly regarded associate, bachelor, master and doctoral degree granting institution. With a rich history dating back over 120 years, Benedictine has built its reputation on outstanding academic programs, credentialed faculty members, and service-minded graduates.

Learn More – Earn More

It's that simple. Let Benedictine University help you achieve your professional and educational goals. We offer associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctorate degree programs in a convenient online format, allowing working professionals from all over the world the opportunity to increase their earning potential, find high-profile positions, and advance in their chosen career.

Why Choose Benedictine University Online?

• We have voluntarily frozen tuition at 2008-2009 rates for the 2009-2010 academic year. While other schools are implementing tuition increases and higher fees, Benedictine University remains focused on our students.
• Convenience: Access your coursework anywhere via an easy-to-use, online platform enhanced by outstanding 24 x 7 technical support.
• 100% Online: Complete your master's degree entirely online. There are no residency requirements.
• Affordable: We offer affordable tuition and generous financial aid programs.
• Interactive: Interact fully with your professors and other students in our unique virtual-classroom setting.
• Transformative: Our graduates are prepared for a lifetime as respected, informed, and responsible citizens and leaders in the world community.

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ONLINE MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS:

Online Master of Education (M.Ed)

Our Master of Education online seeks to nurture an understanding of teachers as researchers who use both formal and informal inquiries to answer both theoretical and practical questions. In this progressive program, you will learn how to design an instructional curriculum that develops and assesses a student's literacy capability, regardless of the student's challenges. Experiences in this program are truly meaningful and connected to real issues teachers encounter every day in the classroom.

Benedictine University's Master of Education in Reading and Literacy is offered fully online and designed for educators who want to help their students perform at a higher level. Additionally, the curriculum was created in accordance with preparation for the Illinois Reading Specialist Certificate. Students interested in earning the Reading Specialist designation in other states are encouraged to check with their state board for requirements.

Online Master of Public Health (MPH)

Public health professionals are at the forefront of the global effort to combat poverty, inequities, disease, and epidemics. Dynamic and capable leaders are needed to guide communities toward a healthy future.

The Benedictine University online Master of Public Health (MPH) program prepares professionals for the rapidly changing world of health and healthcare in a format that allows for continuation of work and outside obligations.

Completion of the MPH program allows you to focus your curriculum around one of the following certificate bearing subject areas:

• Disaster Management
• Health Education & Promotion
• Health Management & Policy

Our students become broadly educated in the core disciplines of public health and investigate the current needs of the profession, as well as emerging trends.

Learning at Benedictine combines instructional expertise with individual initiative, creativity, research opportunities and field experience so that the adult learner will find the MPH experience a stepping-stone to professional success.

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