Earn Your Degree at Boston University–Part‑Time or Online

  • Quality professional education, convenient schedules

    Boston University’s Metropolitan College (MET) offers more than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs—part-time in the evenings, online, and in blended formats.

  • Engaged faculty, powerful networks

    Metropolitan College faculty bring hands-on field experience and high-level industry research to the classroom, providing practical insights and in-depth understanding that you can directly apply in your own career. Your classmates contribute their own professional perspectives and form a valuable network.

Undergraduate Programs

Metropolitan College has over 20 degree and certificate programs in areas such as biomedical laboratory and clinical sciences, computer science, criminal justice, liberal arts, management, and urban affairs. We also offer an undergraduate degree completion program.

Undergraduate Degree and Certificate Programs

Undergraduate Degrees

  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • English & American Literature
  • History
  • Interdisciplinary Studies (on campus and online)
  • Management Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Undergraduate Degree Completion Program (online)
    • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Urban Affairs

Certificate Programs

  • Business Management
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • International Business Management
  • Pre-Medical Studies, Post-Baccalaureate

Graduate Programs

Metropolitan College offers more than 50 graduate degree and certificate programs in areas such as actuarial science, administrative sciences, analytics, arts administration, city planning, criminal justice, cyber security, finance, gastronomy, health communication, health informatics, information technology, project management, supply chain management, and more.

Graduate Degree and Certificate Programs

Graduate Degrees

  • Actuarial Science
  • Administrative Studies
    • Innovation & Technology
  • Advertising
  • Applied Business Analytics (on campus and online)
  • Applied Data Analytics (on campus and online)
  • Arts Administration
  • City Planning
  • Computer Information Systems (on campus and online)
    • Computer Networks
    • Data Analytics
    • Database Management & Business Intelligence (+blended)
    • Health Informatics
    • IT Project Management (+blended)
    • Security (+blended)
    • Web Application Development
  • Computer Science
    • Computer Networks
    • Data Analytics
    • Security
  • Criminal Justice (on campus and online)
    • Crime Analysis
    • Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity
    • Strategic Management
  • Enterprise Risk Management (on campus and online)
  • Financial Management (on campus and online)
    • International Finance
    • Investment Analysis
  • Gastronomy
    • Business Focus
    • Communication Focus
    • Food Policy Focus
    • History & Culture Focus
  • Global Marketing Management (on campus and online)
  • Health Communication (online)
  • Health Informatics (on campus and online)
    • Applied Data Analytics
    • Health Information Management
  • Insurance Management (online)
  • Leadership (Hanscom Air Force Base (MA))
  • Project Management (on campus and online)
  • Software Development (on campus and online)
  • Supply Chain Management (on campus and online)
    • Global Business
    • Logistics Management
    • Quantitative Approaches
  • Urban Affairs

Certificate Programs

  • Advanced Information Technology (on campus, online, and blended)
  • Advanced Performing Arts Enterprise
  • Applied Business Analytics (on campus and online)
  • Applied Sustainability
  • Arts Management
  • Computer Networks
  • Corporate Finance (on campus and online)
  • Crime Analysis (on campus and online)
  • Criminal Justice (on campus and online)
  • Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity (on campus and online)
  • Data Analytics (on campus and online)
  • Database Management & Business Intelligence (on campus, online, and blended)
  • Digital Forensics (on campus, online, and blended)
  • Enterprise Risk Management (on campus and online)
  • Financial Management (on campus, online, and blended)
  • Food Studies (on campus and online)
  • Fundraising Management (on campus and online)
  • Global Marketing Management (on campus and online)
  • Health Informatics (on campus and online)
  • Information Security (on campus, online, and blended)
  • Information Technology (on campus, online, and blended)
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • International Business Management
  • International Finance (on campus and online)
  • Investment Analysis (on campus and online)
  • IT Project Management (on campus, online, and blended)
  • Linguistics
  • Medical Information Security & Privacy (on campus and online)
  • Project Management (on campus and online)
  • Software Engineering (on campus, online, and blended)
  • Strategic Management in Criminal Justice (on campus and online)
  • Supply Chain Management (on campus and online)
  • Visual & Digital Health Communication (online)
  • Web Application Development (on campus and online)

Laboratories

  • Pre-Analytics Laboratory (AD100)

Metropolitan College

One of Boston University’s 17 schools and colleges, Metropolitan College offers more than 70 part-time and full-time degree and certificate programs in the evening, online, and in blended formats.

Boston University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education

Boston University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.).