Graduate and Professional Studies
Choose to make a difference. Choose Fordham for your graduate education.
When you choose Fordham for your graduate education, you’re choosing to become part of a long tradition of academic excellence—and a community of people committed to becoming agents of change.
Graduate education at Fordham is marked by a strong focus on research, mentorship by respected faculty, and thoughtful curricula that maximize exposure to New York City’s resources, industry, and institutions.
Our faculty are always developing new programs and majors that reflect the hottest industries as well as the current challenges facing the global community.
From business to biology, from education to law, from religion to social service, our seven graduate and professional schools embrace the Jesuit idea that we can be agents of change. Our alumni work in many ways to promote social justice, ethics in business, respect for the environment, and the defense of human rights around the globe.
Gabelli School of Business
The Gabelli School of Business offers a range of graduate and executive programs to help you advance your career. There are three types of M.B.A. programs (full-time, professional, and executive M.B.A.), 12 M.S. programs (two offered online), and two doctoral programs (Ph.D. and Doctor of Professional Studies). The faculty includes distinguished scholars, as well as senior business leaders from Fortune 500 companies. Gabelli‘s Career Development Center provides end-to-end career services for graduate students, helping them translate their Fordham academic experience into meaningful, productive academic-year internships and postgraduation jobs.
Campus Locations: Lincoln Center, Westchester
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) prepares students for leadership in a global society through its range of more than 50 master‘s, doctoral, and advanced certificate programs in humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Offerings span cutting-edge fields such as cybersecurity, data analytics, elections and campaign management, health and administration, humanitarian studies, and public media, as well as traditional disciplines such as biological sciences, classics, English, history, medieval studies, philosophy, psychology, and theology. And students benefit from GSAS Futures, a year-round initiative featuring thematic and professional development workshops and training sessions.
Campus Locations: Lincoln Center, Rose Hill
Graduate School of Education
The Graduate School of Education (GSE) is a premier research institution committed to training and supporting top professionals, from initial through advanced levels. GSE offers more than 40 master‘s, doctoral, and certificate programs in four broad areas: teaching, educational leadership, counseling and counseling psychology, and school psychology. Students complete fieldwork and research among public, private, charter, and faith-based schools at all grade levels throughout the New York metropolitan area. They also complete this work in hospitals, community mental health clinics, business settings, research institutes, and other areas.
Campus Locations: Lincoln Center, Westchester
Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education
The Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education (GRE) is a global community of teacher-scholar-practitioners that passionately educates for solidarity, service, and justice. Drawing on its Jesuit and Catholic traditions, GRE prepares women and men of diverse religions and spiritualities to put their faith into action. On-campus and online programs include master‘s degrees in pastoral mental health counseling, Christian spirituality, pastoral studies, religious education, and pastoral care; a Ph.D. in religious education; and a Doctor of Ministry. Advanced certificate programs include Christian spirituality, faith formation, and spiritual direction.
Campus Location: Rose Hill
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Graduate School of Social Service
The Graduate School of Social Service (GSS) offers a flexible learning environment where students are given the tools they need to turn their ideas into professional success. Graduates launch or advance careers in direct practice and research at community-based agencies, universities, businesses, international NGOs, and more. Programs include a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (B.A.S.W.), an M.S.W., a Ph.D. in social work, and dual-degree options combining an M.S.W. with graduate degrees in public health and law.
Campus Locations: Lincoln Center, Westchester, Long Island (Molloy College)
School of Law
The School of Law offers full -and part-time J.D. and LL.M. programs, a one-year master‘s degree (M.S.L.) for non-lawyers in compliance or fashion law, and certificate programs. In addition to choosing from more than 230 courses, students hone their lawyering skills through extensive clinical and experiential education programs in technology, corporate, and intellectual property law, and domestic and international public interest, among other areas. Fordham Law is also home to six student-edited journals and to more than 20 centers and institutes that advance scholarship and public understanding of national security; race, law and justice; information policy; and more. The Fordham Law network gives students and alumni access to opportunities in legal, political, financial, judicial, and public-interest worlds in New York City and beyond.
Campus Location: Lincoln Center
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School of Professional and Continuing Studies
The School of Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS) offers graduate programs in real estate finance, real estate development, construction management, and a Master of Science in real estate, as well as bachelor‘s degree programs for adult learners. Classes are offered on evenings, weekends, and online in areas including business, organizational leadership, economics, legal and policy studies, and social work. Noncredit professional certificates in digital and social media marketing, real estate, and human resource management are also available, as well as a post-baccalaureate pre-medical/pre-health program.
Campus locations: Lincoln Center, Rose Hill, Westchester
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