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The College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies at Wright State University is the smart choice. Convenient location, reasonable tuition, flexible scheduling, professional connections—all good reasons to join more than 2,000 graduate students and 900 honors students who made the smart choice this year.

Why Wright State?

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Graduate Programs

Choose one of our more than 150 graduate academic programs—master’s, doctoral, professional, certificate, licensure, or endorsement. Move up into a leadership role in your business or organization or prepare to start a new career. You’ll feel the spirit of innovation at Wright State while receiving excellent education.

Explore Graduate Programs

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Undergraduate Honors

The undergraduate Honors program at Wright State offers unique benefits—exclusive, smaller classes, priority class registration, unique research opportunities, the Honors Community residence hall, a wide range of scholarships, and innovative curriculum options.

Learn more about the undergraduate Honors program

Rankings

Wright State’s MBA program ranked among the best for entrepreneurs by Princeton Review

Wright State’s Master of Business Administration was ranked the top program in Ohio, 43rd nationally and eighth in the Midwest in the Princeton Review’s top graduate programs for entrepreneurs for 2025.

Wright State recognized among top public universities in latest U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings

Wright State University’s undergraduate programs in nursing and engineering were ranked among the nation’s best in the 2025 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges Rankings.

Success Stories

Making the most of a second chance

Marwah Almuzoughi survived Libyan war to lead Wright State's Student Government
Marwah Almuzoughi, an international studies and political science major, says serving as president of the Student Government Association allows her to give back to the community.

Grand slam

Wright State business student Lily Leszczuk is nearing her quest to graduate next year with four degrees
A passion for learning how businesses work led Wright State business student Lily Leszczuk to pursue her own kind of grand slam by majoring in four areas.

Wright State grad Deah Lieurance to discuss invasive species during Wayne Carmichael Lecture in Environmental Sciences

Deah Lieurance, an assistant professor of invasive species biology and management at Penn State, will discuss "Expanding the predictive ‘toolbox’ to stop invasive species dead in their tracks" on Dec. 2 at Wright State.

Wright State’s MBA program ranked among the best for entrepreneurs by Princeton Review

Wright State’s Master of Business Administration was ranked the top program in Ohio, 43rd nationally and eighth in the Midwest in the Princeton Review’s top graduate programs for entrepreneurs for 2025.

Wright State to host its next Graduate Programs Open House on Nov. 7

Wright State University will host a Graduate Programs Open House on Thursday, Nov. 7, for those who are ready to take the next step in their education or career.

Rising from the ashes

Wright State public history graduate student Darrell Blevins rebuilds his life after a series of tragic events
Darrell Blevins, a public history graduate student at Wright State, received support from the College of Liberal Arts Emergency Fund after a tragic incident.