GRADUATE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova University is an ideal place to pursue your graduate education. Program offerings in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics and sciences include more than 20 master's degrees, more than 30 graduate certificates, and PhD programs in Philosophy and Theology. While many of our programs are fully on-campus, online and hybrid options are available in some programs. Take the next step in your career with a graduate degree or certificate from Villanova!
YOUR PASSION. YOUR FUTURE.
- Competitive tuition rates
- Graduate assistantships and research funding. In fact, last year, nearly 300 graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received financial support totaling more than $6.5 million in the form of tuition remission and stipends.
- Flexible courses of study, including online options in HRD, MPA, and Classical Studies.
- Evening classes that meet once per week
- Study full-time or part-time
- Personal attention from a faculty of internationally recognized teacher-scholars
- All the cultural and intellectual assets of the Philadelphia region, including nearly 90 higher-education institutions
- A learning experience you design to meet your intellectual passions and educational goals
Visit Villanova to learn more about what Graduate Liberal Arts and Sciences has to offer you!
The graduate programs seek to integrate general education, cultural improvement, and professional excellence. The aims of these programs are:
- To extend and deepen knowledge by scholarly research;
- To assist those who wish to secure specialized training in order to improve their occupational competency;
- To supply the need of advanced training for special purposes, especially in the fields of teaching and other human services;
- To offer the graduate students the opportunity to join with the faculty of the University in the common pursuit of learning wherein the students are encouraged to develop according to their individual capacities and to learn to live and work together in a community of scholars.
PLAN YOUR VISIT!
The Office of Graduate Studies offers a multitude of ways to get acquainted with Villanova! From personal tours to events such as Open House and virtual information sessions, we have options to fit your schedule. Plan your visit today!
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
A Seat at the Table: Villanova Student, Alumni Present Research on Impostor Syndrome
Luvonda Fuller ’25 MS, Patrice Manasse ’25 MS and Carina Azuine ’26 MS attended the 2026 American Counseling Association (ACA) Conference and Expo to lead a discussion on how impostor syndrome manifests in people of color.
Philosophy PhD Program Celebrates 30 Years
A weekend-long celebration brought together alumni, faculty and current students to reflect on three decades of Villanova University’s doctoral program in Philosophy. Today, there are more than 100 graduates of the doctoral program, and they’ve contributed an extraordinary body of work and scholarship at colleges and universities; in professional societies; and within many books and articles that continue to shape conversations in the field.
Gabrielle Piccirilli ’25 CLAS, ’26 MA Awarded Graduate Research Prize
Her paper, “‘An Author’s Voice and the ‘Wounds That Speak’: Creative Writing as Emotional Processing and Public Communication,” appears in the 49th edition of CONCEPT, the interdisciplinary graduate research journal in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
AT A GLANCE
2
PHD PROGRAMS IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY
24
MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS
36
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
25
SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED EACH YEAR
60+
STUDENTS PRESENT AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES EACH YEAR
1,300+
GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGE
