Graduate Programs of Xavier University was opened in September 1933 in response to requests from persons in the New Orleans area who wished an opportunity to pursue graduate studies. Since that time, Graduate Programs has provided quality programs that foster the core values of scholarship, service and societal improvement consistent with Xavier’s unique mission. Academic achievement, professional practices and ethics are stressed in each discipline.

Scholarship, teaching and service are integral to the student’s educational experience at Xavier and beyond the classroom into the community at large. As part of the educational experience, Graduate Programs encourages faculty-student and student-student relationships in an effort to cultivate respect for the individual and foster human development.

Graduate Programs offers the Master of Arts, the Master of Arts in Teaching, and the Master of Theology degrees. The programs focus on the disciplines of education and theology.