Whether advancing a career, preparing for leadership, or answering God’s call to a new vocation, Asbury University Graduate Studies provides students with the knowledge, mentorship, and Christ-centered foundation to make a lasting impact.
Designed for working professionals, recent graduates, educators, ministry leaders, business professionals, and creatives, Asbury’s graduate programs combine academic excellence with practical experience and spiritual formation. Students gain the flexibility to continue working while pursuing advanced degrees that prepare them to serve with wisdom, integrity, and purpose.
Asbury Graduate Studies equips students to grow professionally and spiritually so they can influence their workplaces, churches, schools, and communities for Christ.
A graduate degree takes your career and professional goals to the next level and shows employers that you take initiative to learn more about content areas and to develop your professional skills.”
Graduate students can choose from a wide range of programs that prepare them for meaningful careers across business, education, communication, ministry, accounting, and the arts. Offerings include:
DAYTON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION ARTS
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN STUDIES
Whether students are pursuing leadership in business, preparing for the classroom, developing stories for film and television, or strengthening ministry skills, each program reflects Asbury’s commitment to integrating faith with professional excellence.
I have learned how to reframe how I look at work, money, and materialism—and now see 'work' as an extension of living fully as a child of God. It has changed everything for me. I also look at my company's corporate moves in a more informed light."
Graduate students also appreciate the opportunity to immediately apply what they learn in the classroom to their careers.
The MSAC was convenient and powerful. Being able to work full time and do the program has let me take academics in accounting and apply them directly to real-world situations in the same day."
Creative programs likewise prepare students to excel professionally while telling meaningful stories that reflect truth and beauty.
Making documentaries has been a dream of mine since I was in fifth grade. I truly believe God's given every person a unique story, and He's equipped me with the gifts to help tell these stories."
Throughout every graduate program, students build lasting relationships with faculty who invest personally in their success. Small class sizes, individualized mentorship, and a supportive Christian community create an environment where students are challenged academically while encouraged spiritually.
“I’ll never forget the way Dr. Jim Owens, Don Mink and Professor Sarah Hogencamp poured themselves into us,” Kimpel said. “That moment made me want to become that kind of professor someday. Now I get to invest in students the way my Asbury professors invested in me.”
As industries continue to evolve and employers increasingly seek leaders with advanced knowledge, Asbury Graduate Studies prepares graduates to meet today’s challenges with competence, character, and a distinctly Christian perspective. Whether students are taking the next step in their current profession or preparing for an entirely new calling, Asbury offers graduate education designed to help them flourish wherever God leads.