About our college

A.T. Still University’s College of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU-CGHS) educates and prepares health professionals with graduate degrees for a variety of settings. Our doctoral and master’s programs include Health Administration, Public Health, Health Professions Education, Health Sciences, Kinesiology, and Nursing Practice. The College’s goal is to provide comprehensive and relevant graduate education through superior quality, innovative online programs.

Mission

The College of Graduate Health Studies is a student-centered online school, focused on academic excellence and innovation. We are dedicated to preparing leaders in the health professions for socially responsible practice, policy, and research to improve prevention, wellness, and access to care.

Vision

The College will be the preeminent online school for leaders in the health professions. We will provide a contemporary and flexible curriculum that empowers our students to translate knowledge to meet the growing needs of domestic and global health and wellness.

Values

Leadership: We value leadership development for our students, faculty, and staff and encourage participation in community and professional service.

Integrity: We value the highest ethical principles of fairness and honesty in all of our interactions.

Scholarship: We value critical thinking and the generation of ideas through innovation and analysis.

Diversity: We value differences among people and their personal and professional perspectives.

Interprofessional education: We value the combined contributions of our educational community and work to achieve an environment of teamwork and collaboration.

Innovation: We value a continual and aggressive push to develop new and efficient mechanisms for learning, teaching, and technological delivery.

Programs for working health professionals

ATSU’s College of Graduate Health Studies degree programs provide working health professionals an opportunity to earn a prestigious degree at a leading health sciences university. Options at the College of Graduate Health Studies include:

ATSU’s College of Graduate Health Studies embodies ATSU’s founding tenets of osteopathic medicine. Since 1892, Andrew Taylor Still’s tenets have served as our founding principles and have become the osteopathic healthcare education model worldwide.

Health professions are some of the fastest growing professions today, with expanding opportunities to make a true difference in the communities you will serve. Now more than ever, we need compassionate and visionary leaders to address the challenges before us.

ATSU-CGHS’s distinguished online doctoral and master’s programs provide the flexibility necessary for working professionals to meet their career development goals. Curriculums reflect the most current advancements in the industry and prepare graduates to be proactive in navigating the ever-changing health needs of our populations. ATSU Online students also have opportunities to gain real-world experience in their communities or in other areas of interest.

Graduates become part of ATSU’s pioneering spirit of innovation and 130-year history of excellence. Our alumni are influential leaders in their communities, connected to a family of professionals that have the passion to serve where needed most.

Quality Matters Program Certification

ATSU-CGHS has been recognized as a Quality Matters Exemplary Program – one of only four institutions in the United States to receive this honor.