How to Apply

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.: Robert Frost, poet, "The Road Not Taken"

JIU Application Process Made Simple

Contacting the JIU Admissions Counseling Team makes the process of applying to JIU fast and easy for prospective students.

If you have enough information at this point you can apply now. Otherwise, a JIU Admissions Counselor can answer all of your questions and guide you through the following steps:

Review Programs – Work through your reservations about returning to school or the abstraction of pursuing an online education. Explore the best fit of a new study schedule with your current lifestyle and work routine. Determine eligibility as you may be eligible by exam or credit for prior learning. GMAT not required for admission into a graduate program.
Review Tuition Assistance Options – An Admissions Counselor can review the best ways to finance and how to apply for student and broad financial aid options available. There are financing options for everyone. JIU also provides payment options.
Submit Application Online – 15 minutes for independent completion; even faster with a JIU Admissions Counselor. Fast application review and turnaround occurs in just a few days.
Transition to Personal Academic Services Counselor – Meet your "personal trainer" who will see you through every step of the way... until you graduate. Together, you'll create a degree program and course of study that is manageable and achievable. Your ASC will guide you through the steps of registering for a course and introduce you to the online convenience of JIU's e-global library and bookstore.

Contact the JIU Admissions Counseling team now to explore how JIU can help you become a lifelong learner and build capabilities to compete in tomorrow's global economy.

The most decisive actions in our life... are most often unconsidered actions.: André Gide, French author and 1947 Nobel Prize winner in literature

I researched various online universities. What clinched JIU for me was the professionalism of the counselor who asked me "What are you looking for? How do you plan to use your graduate education?" She was the only one who asked that.: Carol Gurioli
Virginia Beach, VA USA; MEd in Adult Education

JIU offered me everything I was looking for in a graduate program. It offered the flexibility of being online, it is regionally accredited and it offered the degree plan I was looking for. Everything fell into place for me at JIU.: Patricia Ann Crowley
Stickney, IL USA; Master of Education in Elementary Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment: Teacher Licensure

After painstakingly comparing the programs, costs and student support services of at least four major providers of online graduate degree programs, JIU came up on top of the heap.: Crisostomo Buenavista
Cantonment, FL USA; MEd in Corporate Training and Knowledge Management