Mount St. Joseph University accommodates busy lifestyles with flexible scheduling options, personalized attention, and expert faculty.
Serving Our Students with a Lifetime of Value
As a university, the Mount reflects a breadth of academic programming and services to prepare graduates who are career-ready and leadership-focused. The Mount’s programs are led by award-winning faculty experts dedicated to student success. At Mount St. Joseph University, students connect to a lifetime of value.
Our campus is conveniently located in Delhi Township near Downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky with easy, on-site parking. Our student resources include on-campus computer labs, health sciences labs, library services, and workout facilities.
Recognition and Partnerships
Academic Excellence
- A student to faculty ratio of 11:1 means smaller classes and personal attention.
- Daytime classes are accompanied by online, evening, and Saturday options for flexible scheduling.
- Student organizations like Phi Alpha (social work), Helping all Veterans in Communties, and Student Nurses Association provide academic support and professional development opportunities.
Majors for Working Adults
With more than 30+ options in majors, minors, and programs, the Mount’s adult undergraduate programs provide flexibility. Whether you are looking to finish a degree, enhance your education, or change careers, our programs provide flexible learning formats, strong career outlooks, and preparation for graduate school to meet future goals. Featuring courses with evening, weekend, or online degree options, the following majors are a popular option among adult students.
Transfer Students
Our transfer students appreciate our academic and career resources, as well as our networks within the greater Cincinnati area!
Connections Scholars Program with Cincinnati State, Ivy Tech, Sinclar, & KCTCS
This program is designed to serve students enrolled at Cincinnati State, Ivy Tech, Sinclair, & KCTCS campuses to connect the path of their associate degree from one of our education partners, to completing their bachelor degree at the Mount. Visit here for details.
Check out our Adult Students Admission Requirements page and learn about admission requirements, transfer guidelines, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Business - Management & Leadership: Fully-Online Option
The new Business - Management & Leadership major, begining fall 2023, will be able to apply knowledge of leadership and management to increase efficiency and effectiveness in accomplishing organizational goals. Flexible, online courses are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Students can choose to take the program in-person on the Mount's campus or enroll in the fully online option.
Students gain a strong ethical foundation and awareness of global and social issues in business, as graduates use their knowledge to contribute to business operations in organizations ranging from large corporations to small businesses. Future careers include:
- Management
- Human resources
- Operations
- Quality management
- Project management
MBA Pathway with Liberal Arts Major, and Business Administration Minor
Students seeking an advanced business degree can enroll in the liberal arts major with a Business Administration minor and follow a path to the Master in Business Administration (MBA).
For a customized curriculum for a specific career path, the liberal arts program can be concentrated with one of the following minors:
Behavioral Science: Evening & Online Options
The Behavioral Science major is customizable and can be crafted according to each student’s unique interests and career aspirations. Students will select from an array of psychology, sociology, and criminology courses and have flexible scheduling options including day, evening, blended, and online course offerings.
Upon graduation, students may utilize their Behavioral Science degree to pursue employment as a:
- Research Assistant or Clinical Research Coordinator
- Case worker
- Correctional officer
- Probation or parole officer
- Program analysis
- Non-profit organizations
- Law enforcement
- Asset protection or loss prevention
- Welfare/social services
- Marketing research analyst (with the additional courses MKT 300 and MKT 415)
- Victims’ advocate
- Rehab counselor
- Mental health specialist
- Therapeutic service provider
Liberal Arts: Fully-Online Option
Includes asynchronous (viewing instructional materials when you choose) and In*Sync (Zoom-based) classes, along with options for taking classes face-to-face.
The Liberal Arts major combines the fundamental disciplines of English, history, religious studies, and philosophy into an engaging and flexible program that enables students to develop research, writing, presentation, and critical thinking skills. The program prepares students to enter a variety of graduate programs that will serve them well as they pursue an advanced degree.
According to a recent article in Fortune magazine, "Employer surveys confirm, year after year, that the skills employers value most in the new graduates they hire are not technical, job-specific skills, but written and oral communication, problem-solving and critical thinking," the very skills and habits of mind the Liberal Arts major develops.
For a customized curriculum for a specific career path, the liberal arts program can be concentrated in one of the following areas:
Educational Studies: Evening & Online Options
The Educational Studies major is an individualized program designed with course scheduling flexibility for students with an interest in the field of education, focusing in areas other than formal classroom teaching and/or teacher licensure.
This major has many flexible scheduling options including day, evening, blended, and online course offerings. We have locations on our main campus as well as at Cincinnati State. Additionally, online courses are delivered asynchronously (viewing instructional materials when you choose) or synchronously (with once a week zoom meetings).
Graduates with this degree may progress into careers in fields such as:
- Disability Services
- Family and Children Services
- Program Development (for corporations and nonprofits)
- Adult education
- Higher education
- Community outreach agencies
- Advocacy
- Hospice
- Museums
Social Work: Accelerated Evening & Weekend Format Option
The Social Work major is available in accelerated evening and weekend formats, convenient for the working adult. Students majoring in social work learn to appreciate the cultural and human diversity in society through classroom experience and field work.
The field work experience (two days a week at a social agency) provides on-the-job learning experience under close supervision by both a faculty member and an agency professional, including:
- Mental health programs.
- Crisis centers for domestic violence.
- Homeless shelters.
- Other public service areas.
CDCA Phase I and Phase II Certificate: Fully-Online
The CDCA Phase I and Phase II Certificate Requirement Course: Online gives students an option to become board-certified as a Chemical Dependency Counselor.
- These fully online courses prepare students for the state of Ohio CDCA Phase I and Phase II certificate requirements.
- Courses are offered online in an eight-week format.
The CDCA Preliminary course, SWK 410, will begin in January and end in March. The CDCA Renewable course, SWK 420, begins in the Fall.