Continuing Education
Gain something new that takes you faster and further than you ever thought possible. Our self-paced programs empower you to learn a language, level up your coding skills or gear your knowledge toward an emerging sector.
Graduate School
The Movement Continues
Our founders, the Marion 9, didn’t wait for opportunity to appear. In the face of resistance, they created it, growing their vision of educating African Americans into a powerful legacy that’s now lived by generations of Alabama State University alumni.
Today, we recognize that same strength and leadership in our graduate students. You’re the one aspiring to guide tomorrow’s classrooms. The one whose discoveries will build healthier communities and improve medical therapies. The one following an illustrious line of transformative business leaders, policymakers and change agents.
Like those before us, we don’t put up boundaries; instead, we give your ambitions a place to shine. Greatness has always been here — and we welcome you to uncover and establish your own.
79%
Of graduate students in 2025 were employed or had offers upon graduation
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio across ASU
40+
Master’s, specialist and doctoral programs, available on campus or online
Browse All Graduate Programs
Education and Counseling
Build on our institution’s rich history as a teacher’s college to engage and uplift tomorrow’s learners.
Business
Carry the momentum forward like so many driven Hornets before you, rising with the
decision-making power of today’s data and technology tools.
Psychology and Social Work
For generations, we’ve empowered students as they’ve grown into leaders prepared to support their communities. We’ll equip you to do the same.
STEM
Test your ideas, turning hypotheses into results that advance food production, public health, ecological conservation and more vital aspects of our world.
Health Sciences
Our OTD, DPT and Prosthetics & Orthotics programs connect rehabilitative techniques to improved quality of life, immersing you in a research- and clinically focused study of the body’s systems.
Online
Our online programs elevate the excellence of Alabama’s first public HBCU onto the global stage, equipping you to power your progress wherever you are.
How to Apply
Incredible things await you at ASU. Apply today to access them.
Calculate your cost of attendance and support your aspirations with multiple types of aid.
Build your confidence through opportunities that strengthen your résumé and lower your tuition.
Research and Innovation
The everlasting pursuit of progress keeps us not only going but growing.
Building on our pioneering approach to education, we turn just-unearthed insights into established standards. We use our advancements to reevaluate how we serve our community and uphold its history. We join with other powerhouses to make our world a better place.
Throughout these initiatives, our graduate students assume vital roles in our laboratories, research centers and partner school districts.
Why Attend ASU for Graduate School?
That search for more — more opportunity, more influence, more knowledge — only grows at ASU. Watch your dreams take root, nurtured to maturity through close guidance and experiences that matter.
Award-Winning, Influential Faculty
Let our faculty members’ recognized instruction and scholarship inspire you to lead through ideas and initiative.
Industry-Relevant Instruction
What professionals do — analyzing market data, crafting culturally relevant lessons or using the latest research tools — is what you’ll learn authentically in ASU’s graduate programs.
Small Classes
Share unbreakable connections with your peers and instructors in classes made for mentorship and deep discussions.
Networking
ASU’s established professional networks lead our graduate students to career-directing internships and job opportunities across diverse industries.
Real-World Challenges
Tackle longstanding concerns that affect our community and beyond through research, clinical assignments or extensive time fostering student well-being and achievement.
TESTIMONIAL
“I didn’t have a roadmap. I had to ask questions and rely on destiny helpers to guide me along the way. I tell students, ‘Your journey doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s.’ Set goals and move forward … Our purpose isn’t found in a title — it’s found in how we impact humanity. Titles fade; it is how we treat people that matters.”B.S. in Therapeutic Recreation (2000) and Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Policy and Law (2019), Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and SACSCOC Liaison at Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeDr. Rolanda Horn
“I was excited to receive [an NSF grant to study human adenoviruses] because these grants are extremely competitive … Extracellular vesicles produced from infected cells will allow us to better understand the natural pathogenesis mechanism of human infectious diseases, which will be essential for public health.”Ph.D. in Microbiology (2022)Brennetta J. Crenshaw
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The Harold Loyd Murphy Graduate School
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