Graduate Studies


Whether you’ve recently earned your undergraduate degree or have been out of college for some time, earning a master’s degree from Hiram College can help you to achieve your goals.

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Advance Your Knowledge and Career

The Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies program at Hiram College has a long tradition of fostering imaginative and critically reflective approaches to complex, expansive problems within an interdisciplinary learning and research community.

Offered fully online, Hiram’s graduate certificate in trauma-informed education will address foundational knowledge of ACEs and childhood trauma, while looking at short- and long-term impacts of trauma on development and behavior, and the role of brain architecture and development in understanding and responding to trauma.

Admission Information

Step 1: Complete your application online. If you have any questions along the way, feel free to contact us.

Step 2: Submit the following documents:

  • An official copy of your college/university transcript.
  • Two letters of recommendation.
  • A statement of purpose (recommended but not required)
  • A writing sample (recommended but not required)

If additional materials are required, one of our admission representatives will contact you shortly after submission.

Step 3: Check your email for an admission decision notification! 

Step 4: Submit your intent to enroll form to reserve your spot. It can be found in your application portal in the upper right hand corner of your Admission Letter. You will be contacted by an academic advisor who will help you register for your first term of classes.

*International students are not eligible for our MAIS Program.

Step 1: Complete your application online. If you have any questions along the way, feel free to contact us.

Step 2: Submit an official copy of your college/university transcript with undergraduate degree conferral.

  • If additional materials are required, one of our admission representatives will contact you shortly after submission.

Step 3: Check your email for an admission decision notification! 

Step 4: You will be contacted by an academic advisor who will help you register for your first term of classes.

Ready?

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