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Earn an Advanced Degree to Lead Constructive Social Change Through Research

Earn a Doctoral or Master's degree with small classes, personalized European-style tutorial instruction, flexible online delivery, and affordable tuition payment plans.

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Omega Graduate School (OGS) is an independent, free-standing research institution committed to providing a quality educational experience for Christian adults. Founded in 1980, it is located on a campus near Dayton, Tennessee (between Knoxville and Chattanooga). Omega Graduate School is non-sectarian (non-denominational), non-profit, non-partisan, and non-discriminatory.

OGS prepares scholar-practitioners to lead social change in their existing careers with degree programs for mature adult learners. Our unique “Oxford Method” focuses learning in small group “virtual residencies” and personalized attention from faculty and tutors. Coursework is designed for busy professionals, with consistent and predictable assignment expectations, and nurturing support designed for student success.

Earn a Master’s or Doctoral Degree at OGS

Master of Letters/Arts (MLitt/MA)

32 Credit Hours

$550.00/month (full-time) $275.00/month (part-time)

36 Credit Hours

$550.00/month (full-time) $275.00/month (part-time)

Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil/PhD)

72 Credit Hours

$550.00/month (full-time) $275.00/month (part-time)

Master of Letters/Arts, Doctor of Philosophy in Social Research. Doctor of Social Leadership

Since 1980, Omega Graduate School has served world changers. World changers recognize their career as a calling, strive to serve God by making a difference, and care about leading social change. Over the past 40 years, we have equipped hundreds of adult learners with the skills to conduct original social research to solve problems in communities, families, organizations, and churches around the globe.

We offer a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Social Research, a Doctor of Social Leadership, and a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership.

OGS teaches the practical skills of social research for leading social change. Omega Graduate School uses the Oxford Method for Educating Graduate-level Adult Learners. Using a European tutorial educational process patterned after the world’s top universities, we provide a personalized and relationally-oriented learning experience.

We are an Accredited, Non-Profit, Non-Sectarian, Non-Partisan, Non-Discriminatory, Free-Standing, Faith-Based Institution.

Non-Discrimination Statement: OGS does not discriminate or prioritize admissions based on race, religion, or any protected class. Omega Graduate School (OGS) fully subscribes to the practices and policies of nondiscrimination in admission, enrollment, and educational opportunity. No applicant or enrolled student shall be discriminated against, nor will OGS otherwise discriminate in offering access to its educational programs based on race, color, sex, age, non-disqualifying handicap, religion or creed, or national or ethnic origin. The President or their designee is the policy coordinator to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to nondiscrimination.

We Exclusively Serve Adult Learners.

We are a Safe Place to Think.

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Join our distinguished group of world-changing alumni who are applying the knowledge and skills learned at OGS to solve real-world problems using social research.

Jerry Fleming, DPhil
Dr. Jerry Fleming
Business Leader
Jerry Fleming has served as the CEO of three companies, including Pioneer Mfg. Inc., which he owns and chairs. His dissertation focused on the relationship between the morality and the earnings of publicly held companies. As an OGS alumnus, Dr. Fleming’s current focus is CEO of THE STEM FOUNDATION, a Christian Ministry that installs computer labs in orphanages and Christian schools in underdeveloped areas in Central America and the Caribbean. The ministry’s goals are to give kids a broader worldview and opportunities they would not have otherwise.

Kim Alexander, DPhil
Leadership Developer
Kimberly Nash Alexander is a native Charlottean and is the “Leading Lady of The Park Church, where she also serves as the leader of Women’s Ministry. Dr. Alexander is currently a recommended mentor by Dr. Alicia Britt Chole as part of the Leadership Investment Intensive Program. She devotes herself to mentoring women in leadership in both the marketplace and the church, focusing on spiritual formation.

Sharlene Buszka, DPhil
Professor, Author
Sharlene Buszka is a retired Associate Professor of Business Administration at Daemen College in Amherst, New York. She was also Chair of the Accounting, Business Administration, and Paralegal degree programs. As a 2015 Graduate of Omega Graduate School, her dissertation Factors Affecting the Integration of Faith and Spirituality in the College Workplace, received the Grail Award for Research Quality.

Ken Steorts, DPhil
College President, Musician
Dr. Ken Steorts, a 2014 graduate of OGS, is a founding guitarist of the Christian rock band Skillet and is the founder/president of Visible Music College in Memphis, Tennessee. Visible focuses on young creative leaders’ spiritual, professional, and academic development. “Visible School” was inspired by the German theologian Bonhoeffer, who described Christian believers as a “visible community” infiltrating the darkness, bringing light into the world that cannot be hidden.