Miami University–Oxford

Miami University is a public university in Oxford, Ohio, chartered in 1809 and opened to students in 1824. It is among the oldest public universities in the United States. The Oxford campus is a residential college town in southwestern Ohio; the institution also maintains regional campuses. Its structure is a large undergraduate college with selected graduate and professional programs rather than a full medical center.

Divisions include the College of Arts and Science, the Farmer School of Business, the College of Education, Health and Society, the College of Engineering and Computing, and the College of Creative Arts. Graduate work is concentrated in business, education, psychology, and selected science and engineering fields.

The Oxford campus enrolls about 16,000 to 19,000 students; graduate enrollment across the system is a few thousand. International students are present, especially in graduate business. Faculty number in the hundreds. Alumni include U.S. President Benjamin Harrison and poet Rita Dove.

Graduate degrees include the M.B.A. and other master's degrees, specialist credentials in education, and Ph.D. programs in a limited set of arts, sciences, and professional fields. Study mixes coursework with a thesis or dissertation. The calendar is semester-based. Oxford is a compact town organized around the university; Cincinnati is about an hour away.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Miami University–Oxford lists 66 graduate programs across 29 subjects: 51 master's programs and 14 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in education, biology and health & medical sciences.