School Details
Located on University Hill in Syracuse, Syracuse University, founded in 1870, traces its ties to the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, established by the Methodist Episcopal Church. Beginning as a liberal arts co-educational college, the university experienced significant growth and, by the conclusion of World War II, Syracuse formed its reputation as a research institution. Today, the highly notable private, not-for-profit university commits to its vision of “Scholarship in Action” which challenges students to lead with “intellectual capital.”
Syracuse University confers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees. In addition to the physical campuses and academic units, Syracuse offers more than 70 online degree options to meet the growing constraints of working professionals. Online degree programs meet the same high standards that are found on campus. Even though students earn a Syracuse University online degree, they still feel as though they are part of the community with easy access to faculty and fellow students.
Accreditation & Licensing
Syracuse University is accredited by:
Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
All Programs
Art & Liberal Arts
Whether you need an educational boost in your current position or are starting down the path to your baccalaureate degree, this online AA from Syracuse can fit the bill. As a solid foundation in the liberal arts, this program combines the humanities, natural and social sciences with math. Studying around your hectic schedule as a working adult, this degree is expected to be completed on a part-time basis.
Give yourself the broad knowledge base that prospective employers desire, with this online BA in Liberal Arts. When you earn this degree through Syracuse, you’ll have the flexibility to study part-time, at your own pace. You’ll take classes across a myriad of subjects, learning to reflect intellectually and critically, while gaining an informed, multi-cultural perspective on the world.
Syracuse University offers the online Master of Science in Communications with a specialization in Journalism Innovation. The media landscape is in a constant state of disruption, which creates both challenges and opportunities for today's journalists. Students will gain skills and techniques that help discover and tell stories in new ways using cutting-edge digital technologies.
Business
People who can lead and innovate change are sought-after professionals in today’s ever-changing business environment. With Syracuse’s online Bachelor of Professional Studies in Creative Leadership, you can boost your career and potential for management opportunities. In addition to studying a liberal arts curriculum, you’ll earn a certificate within this degree program. The focus here, is on developing effective interpersonal and communication skills to lead a diverse workforce. Subjects studied in this part-time, online BPS, stem from the following areas:
- Relationship management
- Role of technology
- Communication
- Ethics & critical thinking
- Business processes
This online Bachelor of Professional studies can put you at the forefront of contemporary business, as you learn to manage today’s troves of data. With a Knowledge Management certificate incorporated into this degree, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge used to effectively manage data and information that drives strategic-decision making and runs organizations. This program can be completed on a part-time basis, enabling you to study around your schedule and still work achieve your career goals. Pertinent coursework may include:
- Leading Cooperative Negotiations
- Rhetorical Awareness and the Diverse Workplace
- Organizational Leadership
Learn how to drive change in your community from the highest level in your organization with the Executive Master of Public Administration degree online. This program is designed for professionals with leadership experience seeking to tackle positions in executive leadership in government, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations. Courses focus on leadership, management, and analytical skills as students learn to formulate, implement, and evaluate policy; lead and manage organizations; and use analysis to make a positive impact on the public good.
Enjoy a program that features coursework that explores current case studies and allows you to immediately apply what you learn to your current career. Learn using a flexible online platform that features live classes with customizable features that allow you to meet in real time with others to collaborate and share ideas, insights, and more. Plus, there are numerous professional development resources available, including one-on-one advising, career development, and networking with alumni.
The online MBA from the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University is a top-ranked program available to students around the world. Designed for professionals seeking to advance their careers, this program features immersive coursework and live classes taught online by Syracuse faculty. Due to its flexibility and online nature, students are able to complete the MBA program without having to relocate or put their careers on hold.
The curriculum is designed to provide the analytical and decision-making skills students will need to advance in the modern global business environment. Graduates are able to manage organizational resources, communicate effectively and persuasively, demonstrate skills in critical thinking and problem solving, think strategically, and function with an entrepreneurial spirit. Core courses cover such topics as:
- Data Analysis
- Accounting
- Economics
- Finance
- Organizational Leadership
The online MBA with a concentration in Accounting from Syracuse University is a top-ranked program available to students around the world due to its flexible nature. The program is designed for professionals seeking to advance their careers in accounting. The Accounting concentration prepares students to apply essential principals, such as taxation, financial reporting, auditing, and cost accounting, to a wide range of fields. In addition to Accounting courses, students will complete courses in such areas as data analysis, economics, finance, and organizational leadership. Graduates are able to effectively manage organizational resources, communicate effectively and persuasively, demonstrate skills in critical thinking and problem solving, think strategically, and manage in a global environment. They are ready to advance their careers in the modern global business environment.
Syracuse University offers an online MBA with a concentration in Business Analytics combines courses from business and from Business Analytics. Courses in Business Analytics teach students to collect, visualize, analyze, and mine complex data using practical analytic tools. They will also take courses in accounting, economics, finance, and organizational leadership. Graduates gain the credibility to make people listen and the confidence to go for what they want, whether that is rising in the ranks, becoming a team leader, or starting a business, allowing them to advance in today’s global business environment.
Courses are taught through immersive coursework and live classes taught online by professionals in the area. Students learn through live, online platforms.
The online MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship is designed for students who want to advance their careers in today’s global business environment. The program prepares students with analytical and decision-making skills, credibility, and confidence. You will take MBA courses that cover topics such as data analysis, accounting, economics, finance, and organizational leadership. The Entrepreneurship courses build skills essential for growth within startups, social ventures, or established businesses.
Graduates will be able to:
- Effectively manage organizational resources
- Communicate effectively and persuasively
- Demonstrate skills in inquiry
- Think critically
- Solve problems
- Manage global environments
Syracuse University offers an online MBA with a concentration in Finance. This program allows students to earn a degree without having to relocate or put their careers on hold while offering the same rigorous curriculum as found on-campus. Designed for professionals seeking to advance their careers, this degree features immersive coursework and live classes. Students will gain the credibility to make people listen and the confidence to go for what they want.
The curriculum combines core MBA courses such as data analysis, accounting, economics, and organizational leadership, with courses in Finance. The Finance concentration examines such topics as financial markets, global economics, business strategy, and quantitative analysis.
Syracuse University offers an online MBA with a concentration in Marketing Management. Courses in Marketing Management are designed to teach students to analyze, understand, and fulfill customer needs. In addition, students will take MBA courses that help them effectively manage organizational resources, communicate effectively and persuasively, demonstrate skills in critical thinking and problem solving, think strategically, function with an entrepreneurial spirit, and manage in a global environment. As a result, students have the ability to rise in the ranks, become team leaders, or start businesses. Courses are taught through a live, online platform that features immersive coursework.
Syracuse University offers a dual MBA and Master of Science in Business Analytics degree. This is for students enrolled in the MBA program who want to earn two master’s degrees for fewer credits. Students are able to develop specialized expertise in both business administration and Business Analytics, helping them to expand their career opportunities.
MBA courses cover topics including accounting, economics, finance, and organizational leadership, offering skills in communication, leadership, problem solving, critical thinking, and more. Business Analytics focuses to teaching students to collect, visualize, analyze, and mine complex data using practical analytic tools.
Syracuse University offers a dual MBA and Master of Science in Entrepreneurship degree. This is for students enrolled in the MBA program who want to earn two master’s degrees for fewer credits. Students are able to develop specialized expertise in both business administration and Entrepreneurship, helping them to expand their career opportunities.
MBA courses cover topics including accounting, economics, finance, data analytics, and organizational leadership, offering skills in communication, leadership, problem solving, critical thinking, and more. The Entrepreneurship program is designed to provide the skills students need for growth within startups, social ventures, or established businesses.
Syracuse University offers a dual MBA and Master of Science in Professional Accounting degree. This is for students enrolled in the MBA program who want to earn two master’s degrees for fewer credits. Students are able to develop specialized expertise in both business administration and Professional Accounting, helping them to expand their career opportunities.
MBA courses cover topics including economics, finance, data analytics, and organizational leadership, offering skills in communication, leadership, problem solving, critical thinking, and more. The Professional Accounting program prepares students to apply essential principles, such as taxation, financial reporting, auditing, and cost accounting, to a wide range of fields.
The online MBA with a concentration in Supply Chain Management program is designed for students interested in advancing their careers in this area of business. The curriculum includes MBA courses and courses in Supply Chain Management. MBA courses cover topics including data analysis, accounting, economics, finance, and organizational leadership. Supply Chain Management courses prepare students to manage global supply chains across functional areas. They will learn the analytical and decision-making skills needed to advance and succeed in today’s global business environment. Graduates have the credibility to make people listen and the confidence to go for what they want.
Take your career to the next level with the Master of Science in Business Analytics degree online. Learn to analyze big data in order to help organizations make informed decisions. Coursework takes an action-oriented approach to teaching, using interactive online classes, rich media coursework, and social connections with peers and faculty in a digital learning environment. The curriculum develops an interdisciplinary understanding of the applications of analytics with the flexibility to take courses in business, management, information studies, engineering, and computer science.
Topics covered include:
- Financial Analytics
- Data Analysis
- Data Science
- Principles of Management Science
- Information Visualization
Syracuse University offers the online Master of Science in Communications with a specialization in Advertising. Students will explore research, strategies and practices essential to creating successful advertising campaigns. The core classes will examine fundamental topics such as multimedia storytelling, content marketing and social media. Students will specifically focus on the emergence of digital advertising with coursework that looks at analyzing competition, building a brand identity and position, defining markets and recognizing successful creative performance.
Syracuse University offers the online Master of Science in Communications with a specialization in Public Relations. Students will examine strategies of successful, well-crafted verbal and written communications. Core courses will build a foundation in marketing and communications concepts, including social media strategies. Specialization studies will focus on theory and execution of public relations plans.
Enhance your career with the Master of Science in Entrepreneurship degree online. Learn the knowledge and skills that will help you start a new venture, manage an existing organization, or innovate within an organization. Courses provide a comprehensive understanding of finance, marketing, strategy, and idea viability. Beyond knowledge, coursework also provides confidence and practical experience as well as networking opportunities. The program culminates in a capstone that allows students to build a new venture business plan from the ground up.
Syracuse University’s Master of Science in Information Management program prepares information professionals to design and manage critical information technologies within organizations. Students learn to leverage IT resources for strategic advantages, improve information management, and develop more effective IT policies for government, corporate and nonprofit organizations.
Upgrade your career in finance with the Master of Science in Professional Accounting degree online. In as little as 12 months students are able to either advance their accounting career or transition into finance roles. Courses cover such topics as:
- International accounting and reporting
- Taxes and business strategy
- Financial statement analysis
- Auditing
In addition to preparing for the CPA exam, students also learn to communicate more effectively, demonstrate research and analysis skills, and make business decisions that affect accounting policies.
As a 100% online accounting degree, this program is designed so that students can study without sacrificing their current careers and family lives. In fact, as long as there is a computer and an internet connection, your classroom can be wherever you wish.
Prepare for a successful career in the supply chain industry with this operations management master’s degree online. The curriculum, which features the same content as the on-campus program, focuses on such topics as:
- Risk management
- Financial management
- Creating innovative and digital strategies
- Effective distribution and manufacturing
As you learn to make meaningful decisions in the ever-changing marketplace, you will work toward completing a capstone project that serves as a certified training provider for the Council of Six Sigma Certification and provides eligibility to pursue a Green Belt certification from the American Society of Quality.
While enjoying the flexibility of online learning, students also attend live, face-to-face classes that allow them to collaborate and network with a diverse group of students and the same faculty who teach on-campus. Online learning also allows you to immediately apply what you learn to your current career.
This online operations management degree provides greater expertise in the Supply Chain Management field, but an MBA with a specialization in Supply Chain Management is also available that provides insight into the field.
Add a sought-after feature to your resume with this online Certificate in Creative Leadership. In Syracuse’s program, you’ll enhance your communication and management skills. You’ll learn how to lead a multi-cultural, multigenerational workforce. Areas of study pertinent to this Creative Leadership certificate involve:
- Communication & problem-solving
- Thinking with creativity & design
- Leadership
- Workforce management
With this online Knowledge Management certificate from Syracuse, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge to effectively manage data and information. In today’s business world, it is the data that drives strategic-decision making and forms organizational goals. This certification, available 100% online, allows you to become a part of that corporate strategy. Classes within this big data focus are likely to include:
- Knowledge Capture & Codification
- Strategy & Planning
- Process Continuity & Future Planning
Computer Science & IT
Syracuse University offers the online Certificate of Advanced Studies in Data Science, a program that gives students a competitive edge by equipping them with a mixture of technical and theoretical skills. This certificate prepares students for interdisciplinary work focused on managing big data using information technologies as tools. Core courses focus on handle data through its full lifecycle: architecting, acquiring, analyzing, and archiving. Elective credits can be selected from such areas as communication and collaboration, digital curation, digital libraries, information assurance, project management, mashups, research, scripting, statistics, technologies, and visualization.
Syracuse University offers the online Certificate of Advanced Studies in Information Security Management. This certificate offers coursework in information security technology, policy, risk management, and evaluation. ISM students learn to manage a high degree of complex technical security, increased operational costs, diverse policies, and user behavior. The CAS in ISM also offers elective courses, so you can customize the curriculum to your needs.
The Master of Science in Applied Data Science is an online data science degree from Syracuse University for students interested in entering this field. In applied data science, you will study both management and information studies so that you are prepared to effectively apply analytical concepts to gain insight from data. While learning to use applications of data science to collect, organize, and manage data, you will also learn to solve complex business problems related to big data and data analytics using practical data science techniques. The curriculum covers both practical analytical and technical skills using an interdisciplinary approach to learning. Students will master data visualization tools as they learn to communicate data findings with professionals in organizations.
Graduates will have developed a portfolio of resources during their time at Syracuse University and will become competent in one or more of these key learning areas:
- Capture and organization
- Technical analysis
- Visualization and communication
- Practical application
Syracuse University’s Master of Science in Computer Science program provides a rigorous curriculum designed to give students the knowledge and skills required to advance in the fast-paced computer science field. With an emphasis on mathematical evaluation, students gain experience in areas such as security and assurance, artificial intelligence, computer architecture, and advanced programming.
Criminal Justice, Safety & Law
Prepare for a career that you have always dreamed of with this online law degree. The first of its kind to offer real-time classes, students enjoy a unique, highly interactive curriculum in an online law degree accredited by the American Bar Association.
Offering the same rigorous curriculum that is found in the traditional, on-campus J.D. program, this program parallels the residential classroom. Learn from the same faculty in courses that are a distinctive blend of live and self-paced learning, so you can interact with professors and classmates. Using the traditional Socratic method, courses completed with the interactive learning platform cover such foundational topics as:
- Contracts
- Civil Procedure
- Criminal Law
- Torts
- Constitutional Law
While completing this flexible, part-time online law degree, you will still benefit from the same support resources, including receiving the Helix Bar Prep program free of charge. You can even join student organizations.
A unique online joint J.D./M.B.A. program is also available.
The online Master of Science in Cybersecurity provides the technical skills and theoretical knowledge necessary to address cybersecurity challenges in the modern workforce. Staying ahead of change means constantly learning and upgrading skills to keep up with trends. This flexible online program provides students with the important training and tools to advance their careers.
Classes include, but are not limited to:
- Machine Learning for Security
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- Biometrics
Career opportunities for graduates include jobs in ethical hacking, security engineering, cybersecurity analysis, and more. Classes are taught by dedicated and experienced practitioners. There are many online academic resources available to students. Graduates are prepared to succeed in the field of cybersecurity.
Education
With all the advances in education, you can stay on top of the information avalanche with the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Designing Digital Instruction from Syracuse University. This online instructional design certificate offers targeted training with a minimal investment of your time and money.
Offered online, you learn about digital instruction through digital instructional formats. Your online instructional design curriculum covers innovations in such areas as:
- Digital instruction
- Human performance evaluation
- Educational technologies
Those who work in healthcare, business, media, higher education, nonprofits, and more benefit from this program. Certificate holders work as instructional designers, curriculum specialists, and online trainers.
You can gain expertise in designing instructional materials with the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Instructional Design Foundations from Syracuse University. This online instructional design certificate delves into the design, development, implementation, assessment, and evaluation of effective instructional materials.
Upon completion of this instructional design certificate program, students find success as instructional designers, curriculum specialists, and trainers. Topics covered through the program include:
- Principles of instruction and learning
- Instructional design and development
- Techniques in educational evaluation
You can upskill in the area of library science with minimal investment of your time and money with the Certificate of Advanced Studies in School Media from Syracuse University. This online library science certificate expands your technical expertise and career prospects.
Students of this online library science certificate program must have a master’s degree in library and information science. This program offers certification as a school library media specialist.
Your online curriculum covers accessibility in libraries and youth services. Other topics of study include:
- Information technologies in education
- School library management
- 21st-century learning
- Literacy through school libraries
You can train as a master of instructional solutions with the Master of Science in Instructional Design, Development & Evaluation from Syracuse University. This online instructional design master’s degree blends software and technical skills with transferable skills in such areas as:
- Theory
- Planning
- Instructional processes
- Collaborative problem solving
Graduates find success as instructional designers, developers of e-learning materials, and project managers. Potential employers include healthcare, insurance, social services agencies, higher education, and the government.
You can become a library and information science professional with the Master of Science in Library & Information Science from Syracuse University. This online library science master’s degree imparts the competencies to teach literacy and technology in grades PreK-12.
Besides learning about information policy and how to manage a school library, your online library science curriculum also delves into information literacy. Other topics of study include:
- Youth services
- Information technology in schools
- Literacy and reading support
- Reference services
Engineering
The online Master of Science in Computer Engineering program pushes today’s engineers to the forefront of their field through a rigorous curriculum incorporating current industry innovations and challenges. The curriculum develops the critical-thinking expertise students will need to solve challenging technical problems in crucial roles in a constantly changing industry. Graduates have the latest knowledge in the areas of security and assurance, network systems, computer architecture, and advanced programming.
Become a leader in engineering after earning this online engineering management degree. The curriculum combines courses in engineering economics, technology management, and similar topics with business courses. Study statistics, product development, simulation and data analytics, and more.
This online engineering management degree is designed for working professionals, offering convenient and flexible schedules. Enjoy small class sizes and a student support team.
Psychology & Human Services
Earn a Certificate of Advanced Study in Disability Studies online through Syracuse University. Enrolled students are trained in research and advocacy efforts to work in the area of disability rights and studies. This program is designed for those seeking to enhance an existing career or pursue further advanced studies.
Develop skills in research methodology, teaching, and working in related human services fields. Graduates with this degree are prepared to enter a doctoral program or the field of law. Through this online Syracuse University certificate program, students discover and explore the skills, methods, and perspectives which play leadership roles in disability research, policy, and counseling.
Syracuse University offers a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy in a flexible online format. This program supplies adult students with the professional competencies of the mental health profession. Self-paced studies may include hands-on experiences including a short residency and clinical practicum requirement.
Students will build skills in communication, problem-solving, analysis and critical thinking. Graduates with this advanced degree may find pursuable pathways in substance abuse and addiction treatment facilities, mental health counseling, social services, government facilities, and more. Take part in clinical practice and research in a fast-growing through high-quality academics with Syracuse University online.