Benefits of accelerated dual-degree (3+) programs

Accelerated dual-degree (3+) programs enable you to earn your undergraduate and graduate degrees in the most efficient and economical way possible. This approach to earning your degrees improves on traditional higher education models by focusing on rigorous, interdisciplinary and experiential learning.

• Save time and money: You’ll complete your degrees sooner, save on tuition costs and enter the workforce at least one year earlier

• Competitive career positioning: Your graduate degree will give you an advantage in a competitive landscape.

• Scholarships: Your Quinnipiac merit scholarships will be available throughout your master’s degree program.*

• Dynamic living experience: You can choose to live within a Living-Learning Community cohort.

• Dedicated guidance: You will partner with the director of the program within the school, who will also act as your academic adviser.

• Experiential learning: You’ll have access to special programming and networking opportunities for program students.

The numbers are clear, and the benefits are obvious: the combined value of reduced program costs and average starting salary upon entering the labor market one year early is approximately $100,000.

Course overload fees are waived during the Fall and Spring semesters for students in accelerated dual-degree (3+) programs up to 19 credits per term (or up to 20 credits per term for up to two semesters for students engaging in a study abroad program). If you withdraw from the accelerated program any time prior to completing your +1 graduate degree year, you will be billed for the cost of any previously taken undergraduate, no-charge overload credits.

Summer and/or January term courses may be required to earn the accelerated graduate degree and are also offered at no cost to students in accelerated dual-degree (3+) programs.**

*This only applies to the one graduate program associated with your chosen dual-degree.

**Not to exceed a seven-credit limit per Summer (Summer 1 and Summer 2 combined) or a three-credit limit per January term in which you enroll in courses. Any additional credits in a Summer or January term will have associated credit hour costs. Please see the tuition and fee schedule on the webpage for specific costs per program.

Living on campus

Accelerated dual-degree students, like all students, are required to live on campus for their first three years of enrollment.

Learn more about living on campus