Online Bachelor of Professional Studies
Complete a flexible online bachelor's degree designed for working adults and transfer students. Build career-ready skills, customize your coursework, and finish your degree on a schedule that fits your life.
Get Program DetailsWhy Earn an Online Bachelor of Professional Studies?
KU’s online Bachelor of Professional Studies is designed for students who want a flexible, career-focused path to completing a bachelor’s degree. The program is especially well suited for working adults and transfer students who want to apply previous college credit toward a degree that supports advancement across industries.
The Professional Studies degree combines professional skills, interdisciplinary coursework and a required minor aligned with your goals. Students build knowledge in communication, leadership, professionalism, ethics, workplace collaboration and decision-making while selecting an area of focus that supports their academic and career interests.
Because the online Professional Studies program is broad by design, it can support students pursuing career growth in business, technology, health-related fields, public service, nonprofit organizations and other professional settings.
Customize Your Degree Around Your Career Goals
The online Bachelor of Professional Studies is designed for students who want the flexibility to build a degree that aligns with their interests and professional goals. Along with core coursework focused on communication, leadership, professionalism, and workplace success, you'll complete an area of focus that helps personalize your degree.
Students can choose from a variety of disciplines offered through the School of Professional Studies, including project management, health sciences, information technology, criminal justice, cybersecurity, nutrition, public health, professional performance, and more.
This combination of broad professional skills and specialized coursework allows you to create a degree that reflects your goals while preparing for opportunities across a range of industries and career paths.
What can you do with a professional studies degree?
A professional studies degree combines broad professional skills with a customizable area of focus, preparing graduates for opportunities across business, operations, human resources, project coordination, public service, and other professional settings.
Career Outlook
Occupations commonly associated with professional studies graduates represent a broad labor market across industries and organizations. According to Lightcast, these target occupations account for:
- 8.29 million jobs nationwide
- 850,132 annual openings
- $61,600 median annual earnings
- 6.3% projected growth from 2025 to 2035
Transferable Skills
The Bachelor of Professional Studies is designed to help students strengthen skills that can be applied across many workplace settings.
- Communication and writing skills
- Leadership and professionalism
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Collaboration and workplace decision-making
- Ethics and integrity in professional settings
Career Paths
Because the degree combines broad professional skills with a customizable area of focus, graduates may pursue roles in a variety of fields.
- General and Operations Manager
- Project Management Specialist
- Business Operations Specialist
- Human Resources Specialist
- First-Line Supervisor
- Sales Manager
- Marketing Manager
- Social and Human Service Assistant
Areas of Focus
Students can personalize their degree by selecting an area of focus that aligns with their interests and career goals.
- Project Management
- Health Sciences
- Information Technology
- Criminal Justice
- Cybersecurity
- Public Health
- Nutrition
- And more
*Source: Lightcast. The career information provided is not specific to the KU program or its graduates. There is no guarantee of obtaining these positions.
How flexible is online learning at KU?
KU’s online degree programs are designed with your busy schedule in mind and offer the flexibility to study wherever — and often whenever — is most convenient for you. Our online courses contain the same rigorous curriculum and instruction — taught by the same highly regarded faculty — as the instruction in our on-campus programs.
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FAQ: Online Degree
This program has a rolling application deadline with five start dates per year. We will work with applicants up to a month before the start of an eight-week course. If you’re unable to meet that deadline, you can wait until the next available start date.
The online degree program is specifically designed with working professionals in mind. All courses are online, asynchronous, and 16 weeks long (with the exception of 8-week summer courses). Students will work closely with their academic success coaches to ensure they progress toward a graduation timeline that best fits into their lives.
Our online courses are taught by the same highly regarded faculty and expert instructors, with the same rigorous educational standards as our on-campus programs. When you study business administration at KU, you earn a KU degree with the reputation of a Tier 1 research institution and an AACSB accreditation.
Yes, this program can be completed 100% remotely.
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