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$680 per credit hour.
30 total credit hours.
design a master’s degree that fits your career goals.
The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) at Bellevue University is a customizable graduate program designed to help you build advanced, cross-disciplinary skills aligned with your personal and professional aspirations. Unlike a traditional master’s degree, the MPS program lets you choose courses from multiple disciplines to create a degree path that fits your goals and industry needs. Along the way, you’ll develop a practical, career-focused e-portfolio that demonstrates your expertise to employers and highlights how your education translates directly to real-world results. This is a one-of-a-kind program built for your one-of-a-kind ambitions.
Customize your learning with transfer-friendly flexibility.
Bellevue University offers one of the most generous transfer credit policies in the nation, allowing you to transfer up to 12 hours of graduate coursework into the 30-hour MPS degree. This means you can take what you’ve already learned—whether from prior graduate studies or professional experience—and apply it toward completing your degree sooner. The flexibility of the MPS program allows you to select courses that align with your goals. For example, you might combine MBA and Professional Communication courses to prepare for leadership roles in nonprofits or human services—or integrate Data Science and Healthcare Administration courses to address growing demand in analytics-driven health sectors.
A master’s degree that adapts to your life and your future.
The Master of Professional Studies degree is built for working professionals who need a program that moves at their pace. With the option to complete your degree online or on campus, you can tailor your studies to fit your schedule and lifestyle. The program’s flexible structure allows you to take one course at a time in an accelerated format while pursuing knowledge that’s immediately relevant to your field. Whether you’re preparing to advance in your current role, pivot to a new career, or lead in an emerging industry, Bellevue University’s MPS program provides the tools and flexibility to get you there—on your own terms.
what you'll learn.
In this program, you’ll integrate advanced professional skills with hands-on learning to tackle real-world challenges and advance your career in a global context.
upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate specialized expertise to support declared goals.
- Apply broad knowledge and experiential techniques to address a practical challenge or opportunity.
- Demonstrate mastery of advanced professional skills to meet declared goals.
- Evaluate civic and global learning concepts to contribute to the global workplace.
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Requirements (30 credit hours)
30 credit hours includes all eligible transfer credits up to 12 credit hours, the 3 1-credit hr. portfolio courses below, and individually selected and approved courses.
The MPS curriculum contains three academic components.
A three-hour individualized learning portfolio course which extends throughout a student’s entire enrollment period. The portfolio will include submissions which:
- Support evidence of applied learning in declared occupational, personal, and/or learning goals (documented in the IP),
- Demonstrate application of broad knowledge and experiential learning experiences such as action research projects or problem-based learning projects,
- Summative reflection on what the program meant to them, what they learned, and whether they met their declared goals.
Portfolio: Master of Professional Studies provides successful learning strategies, a learning community, and an employer-facing portfolio throughout the Master of Professional Studies degree program. This course section will address: successful online learning strategies, artifact selection to provide evidence demonstrating declared goal accomplishment within the course portfolio, and portfolio development to demonstrate broad knowledge and experiential technique application addressing relevant practical challenges or opportunities. Prerequisite: Enrollment in MPSD.
Portfolio: Master of Professional Studies provides successful learning strategies, a learning community, and an employer-facing portfolio throughout the Master of Professional Studies degree program. This course section will address: utilization of reflective practices to inform continuing professional and personal growth and portfolio development to demonstrate broad knowledge and experiential technique application addressing relevant practical challenges or opportunities. Prerequisite: Enrollment into MPSD; MPSD 500A
Portfolio: Master of Professional Studies provides successful learning strategies, a learning community, and an employer-facing portfolio throughout the Master of Professional Studies degree program. This course section will address: application of successful online learning strategies, utilization of reflective practices to inform continuing professional and personal growth, artifact selection to provide evidence demonstrating declared goal accomplishment within the course portfolio, and portfolio development to demonstrate broad knowledge and experiential technique application addressing relevant practical challenges or opportunities. Prerequisite: Enrollment into MPSD; MPSD 500A; MPSD 500B
Up to 27 graduate credit hours of individually selected course credits which meet student declared goals documented in the student’s Individualized Plan of Study (IP) . Course selection may include certificate of completions. All pre-requisites for any course selected within an MPS student IP must be met.
Major Requirements Credits
= 30 total credits*
University Accreditation
Bellevue University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission ( hlcommission.org ), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Whether a college, university, or program is accredited is important to students receiving financial aid, employers who provide tuition assistance, donors, and the federal government.
This program is considered a non-licensure degree/certificate program and is not intended for those seeking licensure or the practice of licensed profession. This program may be relevant to multiple occupations that do not require licensure and was not designed to meet educational requirements for any specific professional license or certification.
*Consult with an admissions counselor to determine your eligible credits, as well as to verify minimum graduation requirements for this degree. Transfer credits must be from a regionally accredited college or university. Bellevue University makes no promises to prospective students regarding the acceptance of credit awarded by examination, credit for prior learning, or credit for transfer until an evaluation has been conducted.
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