School Details
Cedarville University offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs to students interested in education rooted in Christian values. This private, not-for-profit institution, exemplifies biblical teaching in a student-centered, academically rigorous environment. Bachelor, master or doctorate students of CU develop academically and professionally, engrossed in core values of love, integrity and excellence.
Master’s degrees are available through Cedarville University distance learning programs. Curriculums include business, healthcare, information technology, and more. Courses can be taken completely online, but offer blended format options as well. Explore the flexibility of a Christian education online with CU, today.
Accreditation & Licensing
Cedarville University is accredited by:
Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
All Programs
Business
Update your skills and prepare for new career opportunities with a Graduate Certificate in Business focused on Cybersecurity Management. This online certificate program from Cedarville University focuses on security laws and policies. Students learn how to identify risks and create security solutions through the use of case studies.
This online Cybersecurity program is designed for working professionals with a flexible schedule, seven-week-long courses, and completion in as little as two semesters. Cedarville incorporates a biblical worldview and practical applications into each course.
Positions available to graduates include:
- Information security analyst
- Software security engineer
- Chief information security officer
- Security architect
- Information security crime investigator
The online Graduate Certificate in Business focused on Healthcare Administration provides the skills and knowledge essential for leadership roles in a wide range of healthcare settings. The curriculum combines industry-specific coursework with Christian-based business principles.
Students learn how to ethically manage care while reducing costs. Skills learned in this Healthcare Administration degree online can be applied to settings such as hospitals, group physician practices, nursing homes, home healthcare, mental health facilities, and rehabilitation centers.
Graduates will be well positioned to advance their career in:
- Human Resources
- Social and Community Services
- Training and Development
- Practice Management
- Health Insurance
Gain the skills you need to effectively lead and initiate change within your organization with a Graduate Certificate in Business focused on Operations Management. Coursework prepares you to design, plan, control, and improve a company’s systems and processes.
This Operations Management degree online covers topics in lean processes and supply chain effectiveness. The four online courses are designed to be flexible for working professionals and can be completed in as little as two semesters. All classes at Cedarville feature a biblical worldview and practical applications.
Graduates can use this certificate in fields such as:
- Distribution
- Engineering
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Transportation
Earn an MBA online that will not only supply you with strong knowledge of business facets, but will give you a foundation in the bible and theology, from Cedarville University. Cedarville’s MBA program is designed for working professionals, offering accelerated 7-week terms. All classes are taught 100% online, enabling you to learn whenever, and where ever, you have the opportunity. Cedarville’s MBA has five online concentrations available, should you choose to focus your education. The concentrations are:
- Business analytics
- Cybersecurity
- Healthcare administration
- Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Operations management
Become a leader within your organization who can shape policy and strategies using data, with an online MBA in Business Analytics from Cedarville University. Your education will be based in theology and biblical foundations. With this advanced degree, you will learn to effectively analyze the troves of data, using statistics and forecasting, to help your company make the right decisions to successfully compete in today’s marketplace. Cedarville’s MBA in Business Analytics combines core business classes with electives such as:
- Business forecasting and econometrics
- Data mining for business analytics
- Data warehousing and visualization
- Managerial data analysis
Join one of the fastest growing workforces in business today, with an online MBA in Cybersecurity Management from Cedarville University. As companies rely more upon the internet for all facets of business, they indelibly rely upon professionals to protect their company data and systems. With Cedarville’s MBA, you will learn how to manage and lead both people and systems in cybersecurity alongside an education based in theology and biblical foundations. Your electives within this concentration may include:
- Cybersecurity law and policy
- Enterprise security architecture
- Foundations of risk management
- Introduction to cybersecurity
At the crossroads of creativity and the design of sustainable business models, is an online MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. At Cedarville University, you have the opportunity to gain the skills and insight to navigate the complexities of today’s marketplace. With Cedarville’s MBA, your education will be based in theology and biblical foundations. Along with a core business curriculum, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship concentration is likely to include:
- Business modeling and new venture creation
- Creativity to entrepreneurship
- Design thinking principles of innovation
- Emerging trends and opportunities for innovation
Working across departments, keeping all of the cogs humming together, can be a challenge in today’s global business environment. With an online MBA in Operations Management from Cedarville University, you can gain the skills to manage business resources and processes within your organization. You will learn to plan, integrate and improve the ways in which your company gets its products, or services, out the door. Cedarville’s MBA in Operations Management combines core business classes, with Christian foundations and electives such as:
- Lean process management
- Operations research
- Project management
- Supply chain management
Healthcare
Today’s healthcare environment requires professionals that can lead within an ever-evolving, changing scene with regards to regulations and insurance constraints. With an online MBA Healthcare Administration from Cedarville University, you can acquire the specific skills and knowledge to successfully manage the processes and people within a clinical setting. Cedarville’s MBA grounds your education with a theological and biblical foundation. Alongside core business classes, you may study:
- Ethical issues in healthcare
- Healthcare policy and data analysis
- Healthcare systems
- Quality management in healthcare
Nursing
Cedarville University offers a Graduate Certificate in Global Public Health Nursing. This accelerated program equips you with the skills needed to provide population-based care domestically and abroad. The biblically integrated curriculum covers core competencies in world health issues, environmental health, and community development. Graduates have the skills needed to bring advanced nursing care to their health ministries.
The flexible program can be pursued anywhere at any time. This allows students to continue meeting personal and professional obligations while earning their degree.
The Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education from Cedarville University is designed for RNs with an interest in teaching. This online nurse education degree provides the knowledge and skills needed to teach in healthcare or education settings. Topics covered include:
- Curriculum design
- Evidence-based teaching
- Learning strategies
- Evaluation strategies for education
Graduates are prepared for careers as nurse educators, staff educators, clinical family members, and continuing education providers.
This online nurse education degree allows you to study to advance your career while still meeting current personal and professional obligations.
The Graduate Certificate in Nursing Leadership is an online nursing administration degree from Cedarville University for those with an MSN degree or who are in school earning one. If you are interested in advancing your education and career to become a nursing leader, this certificate can benefit you. The curriculum is designed to provide the skills and knowledge needed to become an effective leader who is ready to serve in the nursing field. Topics covered include organizational behavior, quality and safety, and strategic decision-making that will prepare students for careers in multiple healthcare settings. Graduates are prepared to collaborate with diverse medical providers to ensure the delivery of evidence-based patient care.
Cedarville University offers an MSN with a Family Nurse Practitioner focus. This flexible and convenient online nurse practitioner program provides advanced knowledge and skills with a Christian perspective.
The biblically-integrated curriculum prepares you to assess, diagnose, and treat acute and chronic health problems for people across the continuum of life. Online coursework will be punctuated with four on-campus experiences to use state-of-the-art simulation labs. Graduates are prepared to sit for the national certification American Association of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Board exam or the American Nurses Credentialing Center exam.
Take the next step in your career with the online MSN from Cedarville University. The Nurse Educator concentration will prepare you to teach in healthcare or educational settings as a nurse educator, staff educator, clinical faculty, or continuing education provider. In addition to online coursework in the sciences, healthcare leadership and policy, evidence-based practice, and advanced clinical practice, you’ll participate in 300 clinical/practicum hours, where you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Apply skills learned during the program in multiple educational settings
- Participate in classroom, clinical, and simulation teaching
- Design and practice teaching and learning strategies
- Develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in the delivery of advanced nursing care
Take the next step in your career with the online MSN from Cedarville University. The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner concentration will prepare you to provide primary care for children from birth through age 21 as you use nursing as a ministry for Jesus Christ. Upon graduation, you’ll be equipped to work in a variety of primary care settings in collaboration with a healthcare team.
Religion & Philosophy
Offered in collaboration with the Department of Music and Worship, this online music ministry degree prepares effective worship leaders. Courses, all built on the solid foundation of Scripture, prepare students to act as leaders in biblically grounded worship, providing them with biblical knowledge and practical worship skills.
This online music ministry degree is comprised of courses that provide a solid foundation in theology and ministry. The accelerated curriculum consists of such courses as:
- Biblical Foundations of Worship
- Contemporary Worship Leadership
- Current Practices in Worship Technology
- Worship Leadership Practicum
Graduates are effective worship leaders with worship practices grounded in a deeper biblical-theological framework and practical skills.
Complete a program that provides the biblical knowledge and practical skills needed to be an effective biblical leader with this unique online ministry degree program that collaborates with the MBA program. Courses, all of which are built on the solid foundation of Scripture, are offered in an accelerated, efficient format.
The curriculum consists of a core curriculum based on the Bible, theology, and ministry. A research project is also required. Choose from specialized courses in such topics as:
- Biblical leadership
- Organizational Design and Behavior
- Project Management
- Ministry of Teaching and Preaching
- Applied Leadership
As you strengthen your understanding of God’s Word you will also strengthen your leadership skills.
Offered in collaboration with the Department of Music and Worship, this online music ministry degree prepares effective worship leaders. Courses, all built on the solid foundation of Scripture, prepare students to act as leaders in biblically grounded worship, providing them with biblical knowledge and practical worship skills.
This online theology degree is comprised of courses that provide a solid foundation in theology and ministry. The accelerated curriculum includes specialized courses chosen by each student. Possible specialized courses include:
- Biblical Foundations of Worship
- Contemporary Worship Leadership
- Worship Leadership Practicum
- Church and God’s Mission
- Practices in Worship Technology
Graduates are effective worship leaders with worship practices grounded in a deeper biblical-theological framework and practical skills.
A Master of Ministry degree is available online at Cedarville University. This program is designed for those currently in ministry wishing to enhance their personal and ministerial philosophies and techniques. Add a ministry focus to your current career or pursue a new pathway in the local church with a theologically-grounded approach to advanced religious studies.
Opportunities including high-quality internships help to integrate in-class work and discussion with real-world experience. Professional options for those with a master of ministry degree range from senior pastor to campus pastor and discipleship pastor. Take on an online master’s degree with the option of accelerated pathways at Cedarville University.