Military Education - School of Leadership

Earn Your Degree Wherever Your Duties Take You...

Our students include active duty, reserve, guard and eligible veterans.  As a student, you'll have an opportunity to work with other students from corporate, military and nonprofit communities.  When you graduate, you'll join an alumni network of 73,000 worldwide.  Duquesne University, founded in 1878, is regionally accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Classes are offered on Saturdays at Duquesne’s main campus as well as entirely online.  Courses are also offered at Fort Indiantown Gap in Annville, PA and at the 171st Refueling Wing in Moon Twp., PA.  Special military tuition rates: $250/credit undergraduate and $292/credit graduate.

Graduate degrees: Leadership and Business Ethics, Leadership and IT, Community Leadership, Sports Leadership, Leadership and Liberal Studies. Graduate degrees brochure (PDF)

Accelerated bachelor’s degrees: select two concentrations to comprise your major - computer technology, training and development, criminal justice and forensic science, organizational leadership, security administration, organizational behavior, professional communication. A major for professionals in animal care and control is also available. Accelerated bachelor brochure (PDF)

Application:  Apply online at www.leadership.duq.edu/apply.  We recommend that you review the Application Instructions document prior to completing the online application.

Duquesne Offers Servicemembers

• Special military tuition rates
• Online programs that allow you to continue your studies wherever your job takes you 
• Opportunities to earn credits through CLEP, DANTES and more  
• Advisors, faculty and staff who have experience working with military personnel 
• Online degrees that are accepted into the Sloan Consortium Catalog of Online Educational Programs, which recognizes high quality online degree programs
• DANTES participating programs; member of SOC and ConAP 

Contact Us
Please contact Mary Jane Snyder  (snyder1@duq.edu), Military POC, for more information. You may also call 1.800.283.3853 or 412.396.5366.

The Duquesne University Difference

Founded in 1878, Duquesne University is recognized as one of the top ten Catholic universities in the U.S. and has more than 73,000 active alumni worldwide.  Duquesne was recently ranked in the top tier of the US News & World Report’s annual ranking of America’s Best Colleges.   Duquesne University has moved into the top tier of more than 1,400 colleges surveyed.

Duquesne University has again received national recognition for its distinguished community service from the Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll established by President George W. Bush, making it one of only 100 universities and colleges to be honored across the country. Duquesne is one of 25 colleges and universities across the country named to The Princeton Review’s "Most Connected Campuses" list. Duquesne University is ranked in the top 20 small research universities in a new index that is designed to gauge faculty productivity in doctoral programs in the United States.