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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 Lake Campus ranked as Ohio’s best value in higher education

Wright State’s Lake Campus was ranked as the best value among all Ohio colleges and universities by the financial planning website SmartAsset, thanks to its affordability, student success outcomes and financial aid support.

Wright State University earns Collegiate Purple Star renewal for support of military-connected students, veterans

Wright State University was once again recognized as a Collegiate Purple Star campus by the Ohio Department of Higher Education for its commitment to supporting military-connected students and veterans.

Success Stories

Wright State right down first-generation student’s alley

Paige Patterson, a first-generation college student and standout on Wright State’s Division I bowling team, has embraced campus life, excelled academically and athletically, and aims for a career in sports marketing after graduation.

Wright State grad student helps engineer the future of AI computing at Amazon

From teaching graduate-level courses to researching hardware security, Sayed Nowroz's Wright State education has prepared him for a pivotal role in developing Amazon's next-generation AI computing infrastructure.

Festival of Research celebrates experiential learning in College of Science and Mathematics

The annual Festival of Research provides a platform for students in the College of Science and Mathematics to showcase the scientific knowledge they have gained from research.

Nurturing minds and bodies

How Wright State is shaping health professionals for today and tomorrow
Wright State’s College of Health, Education and Human Services is preparing future health professionals through accelerated nursing degrees, new programs in exercise science, and initiatives that support the community’s mental and emotional well-being.

Preparing the engineers and computer scientists of tomorrow

The College of Engineering and Computer Science is shaping innovators by boosting math skills, launching cutting-edge aerospace and engineering programs and driving engineering technology for the workforce of the future.

A game-changer

Wright State University, Premier Health collaboration leads to a brighter health care future
Premier Health and Wright State are taking their longstanding relationship to the next level with an alliance that will benefit the Dayton region for at least another three decades.