Experience is
Everything
Your Future Self Awaits
At Manchester University, you’ll find authentic connections, unmatched support, and a community that inspires you to grow. Step confidently toward the person you’re meant to become—surrounded by people who believe in you.
An Education Designed Around You
Manchester University offers personalized learning experiences and practical, hands-on opportunities. With dedicated mentors guiding your growth, you’ll graduate ready to excel in any career you choose.
Undergraduate: North Manchester
Explore over 70 programs, vibrant campus connections, and educational opportunities designed for lifelong success.
Graduate & Professional: Fort Wayne
Grow professionally and personally through close mentoring and cutting-edge healthcare education in state-of-the-art facilities.
Featured Programs
Master of Business Administration
Launch your career in just one year with MU’s flexible, specialized MBA.
Accelerated Bachelor of Nursing (BSN)
Accelerate your path to nursing with Manchester’s 16-month ABSN.
Exercise Science & Fitness: Clinical & Rehabilitation Sciences (BS)
Launch your athletic training career with hands-on clinical experience.
Business Management (BS)
Build leadership experience and business confidence from day one.
Find Your Major
Find Your Major
Your Future, Made Affordable
Generous Aid Supports Your Goals
Invest Less. Achieve More.
Undergraduate students pay an average of just 37% of the listed price out of pocket — and for your four years as an undergrad, your tuition won’t go up.
Average annual undergraduate cost with aid applied
%
New undergrads receiving financial aid
Your Future, Made Affordable
Generous Aid Supports Your Goals
Invest Less. Achieve More.
Students pay an average of just 37% of the listed price out of pocket — and for your four years as an undergrad, your tuition won’t go up.
Average annual cost with aid applied
%
New undergrads receiving financial aid
Around Campus
Connecting Over a Meal
Students enjoy conversation and build new friendships. One of many ways Manchester fosters a strong, welcoming community.
Welcomed Like Family
Posing with Manchester’s mascot, Manny, during orientation. A celebration of new beginnings and the close-knit community that defines the student experience
Belong & Become
A Welcoming Community
Manchester just gets me. I feel like I'm a person when I'm at Manchester. I can tell you that most of my professors, if not all of them, know me by my name.
Toyin Akintelure, Pharmacy, 2024
Fully Immersed
We don't have classes during our clinicals, so we can be full-time at our clinicals, which is unique to Manchester.
Cassandra Horn, MAT, Class of 2024
Flexible Learning
What we hear from our students is that they enjoy the flexibility of an online program and the ability to schedule when they are going to engage in their learning.
W. Thomas Smith, Dean of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
What Will You Become?
Find Out at MU!
Discover community, confidence, and career success at Manchester University. Schedule a visit or apply today!
News & Events
What’s New at MU
Feature Story
Manchester University offers reduced credit bachelor’s degree programs
Manchester University is breaking new ground in higher education as the first institution in Indiana approved to offer reduced credit applied bachelor’s degree programs, an innovative step toward faster, more affordable academic pathways. The first two programs to be...
Manchester Symphony Orchestra salutes musical ‘Game Changers’ on Oct. 5
The Manchester Symphony Orchestra launches its 87th season on Oct. 5 with a celebration of daring musical game changers. “The concert features three composers who boldly reshaped the evolution of music. Jean-Phillipe Rameau, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Claude Debussy...
MU recognizes Alumni Honor Award recipients and Athletics Hall of Fame inductees
Manchester University will recognize the annual Alumni Honor Award recipients and Athletics Hall of Fame inductees at a banquet on Friday, Oct. 11, kicking off Homecoming weekend. Three MU alumni will receive Alumni Honor Awards this year: Dr. Jeff Easley, Class of...
Manchester University names Matt Unger Staff Member of the Year
Matt Unger, director of performing arts technologies, has been named the 2025 Christopher W. Garber Staff Member of the Year at Manchester University. The award is named in honor of Chris Garber, who was Manchester’s assistant vice president for operations at the...
MU offers professional development workshop with author Shannon Anderson
Manchester University’s Henney Department of Education will offer an interactive professional development workshop with award-winning local author Shannon Baunach Anderson on Saturday, Sept. 6. Based on her latest book, Writing from Scratch, Anderson will provide...
Feature Story
Manchester University offers reduced credit bachelor’s degree programs
Manchester University is breaking new ground in higher education as the first institution in Indiana approved to offer reduced credit applied bachelor’s degree programs, an innovative step toward faster, more affordable academic pathways. The first two programs to be...
Manchester Symphony Orchestra salutes musical ‘Game Changers’ on Oct. 5
The Manchester Symphony Orchestra launches its 87th season on Oct. 5 with a celebration of daring musical game changers. “The concert features three composers who boldly reshaped the evolution of music. Jean-Phillipe Rameau, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Claude Debussy broke new musical ground as the most influential composers of their…
MU recognizes Alumni Honor Award recipients and Athletics Hall of Fame inductees
Manchester University will recognize the annual Alumni Honor Award recipients and Athletics Hall of Fame inductees at a banquet on Friday, Oct. 11, kicking off Homecoming weekend. Three MU alumni will receive Alumni Honor Awards this year: Dr. Jeff Easley, Class of 1983; Connie Snyder Mick, Class of 1994; and Stacie Gayheart,…
Manchester University names Matt Unger Staff Member of the Year
Matt Unger, director of performing arts technologies, has been named the 2025 Christopher W. Garber Staff Member of the Year at Manchester University. The award is named in honor of Chris Garber, who was Manchester’s assistant vice president for operations at the time of his death in 2015, and recognizes…
MU offers professional development workshop with author Shannon Anderson
Manchester University’s Henney Department of Education will offer an interactive professional development workshop with award-winning local author Shannon Baunach Anderson on Saturday, Sept. 6. Based on her latest book, Writing from Scratch, Anderson will provide practical, skill-based writing “recipes” to educators, including creative ways to boost idea generation and methods…
The Manchester Fund reaches goal of $1.6 million
The Manchester Fund, Manchester University’s general fund for a wide variety of campus and student needs, has collected a record high of $1.6 million in the last year. The Manchester Fund ensures that the University can focus on teaching and learning while also handling the day-to-day realities of operating two…
Manchester University announces lineup for fall speaker series
Manchester University offers more than a dozen presentations in its Values, Ideas and the Arts (VIA) series for Fall 2025. Presentations are at 11 a.m. on Mondays in Wine Recital Hall at the North Manchester campus unless otherwise noted. They are free and open to the public. Sept. 1: Aaron Cook, a 2009 graduate and medical editor, shares…
Manchester University offers reduced credit bachelor’s degree programs
Manchester University is breaking new ground in higher education as the first institution in Indiana approved to offer reduced credit applied bachelor’s degree programs, an innovative step toward faster, more affordable academic pathways. The first two programs to be approved by the Higher Learning Commission are a Bachelor of Science in Applied Pre-Athletic Training…
VP Van Vlerah selected for Council of Independent Colleges’ Executive Leadership Academy
Manchester University Vice President for Student Life Abby Van Vlerah was selected to participate in the Council of Independent Colleges’ Executive Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C.
Lucas Dargo earns Distinguished Service Award from Indiana Athletic Trainers’ Association
Dr. Lucas Dargo, program director and associate professor of athletic training at Manchester University, was named the recipient of the Joe A. Harvey Distinguished Service Award by the Indiana Athletic Trainers’ Association (IATA) in May.
Case Studies class raises nearly $8,000 for Special Olympics
This spring, Manchester University’s senior capstone Case Studies class created and operated Spartan Paddle Co., a pickleball paddle business, with all earnings going to the Special Olympics.