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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 ranks among nation’s top graduate engineering and computer science programs in 2025 U.S. News rankings

Seven graduate programs offered by Wright State’s College of Engineering and Computer Science earned spots in the U.S. News Best Engineering School rankings.

Wright State’s Industrial and Human Factors Engineering program named one of top online graduate programs by U.S. News

Wright State’s Master of Science in Industrial and Human Factors Engineering program is ranked second in Ohio and 34th nationally among online graduate engineering programs.

Success Stories

This future doctor means business

Wright State management major Matthew Correll brings leadership skills to medicine, following family legacy in psychiatry
When Matthew Correll graduates this May from Wright State's Raj Soin College of Business, he'll trade business presentations for patient consultations as a medical student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine.

Wright State senior Katherine Dillard tunes up local church’s audio

Wright State anthropology major Katherine Dillard helped a local church secure funding to purchase hearing assistance technology as part of a Fundraising and Grant Writing course.

Wright State’s Model UN team once again secures top honors at national conference  

Wright State’s Model United Nations program extended its streak of excellence by earning a team delegation honor for the 45th consecutive year at the 2025 National Model U.N. Conference in New York City. 

Jim Denniston appointed vice president for academic affairs and provost of Wright State University

Jim Denniston, who joined Wright State three years ago as the founding dean of the College of Health, Education and Human Services, had served as acting provost since Jan. 1, 2025.

Wright State awarded nearly $780,000 in Choose Ohio First Scholarships to support STEM and education students

The Choose Ohio First awarded Wright State nearly $780,000 to support undergraduate and graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and STEM-focused education programs.

Wright State ranks among nation’s top graduate engineering and computer science programs in 2025 U.S. News rankings

Seven graduate programs offered by Wright State’s College of Engineering and Computer Science earned spots in the U.S. News Best Engineering School rankings.