DeSales University Online
At DeSales University, you’ll find a community that’s deeply invested in your journey. We honor your drive to make a meaningful difference and support you every step of the way with expert faculty guidance, clinical placement assistance, and a curriculum designed for real-world impact.
We know choosing a university is a big decision. That’s why we make your experience clear, flexible, and meaningful from the start. Our online SLP program is built for busy adults who want to advance their education without pausing their lives.
We combine strong academics with a mission-centered approach that supports you as a whole person. You’ll learn from expert faculty, build practical skills, and prepare for work that matters. Along the way, you’ll join a university community that values service, leadership, compassion, and professional growth.
National Recognition and Reputation
DeSales University has earned recognition for its academic quality, student-centered education, and strong outcomes. This reputation reflects the hard work of our students, faculty, alumni, and staff. We take pride in offering programs that meet high standards and help students prepare for long-term success. Our commitment to quality shows in the classroom, through our student support, and in the respect DeSales has built.
Students choose DeSales because they want an education that challenges them, supports them, and prepares them to lead with purpose.
A Mission-Driven Education
DeSales University provides a mission-driven education shaped by Catholic values and a deep commitment to serving students. We believe education should help you grow as a professional and as a person. Our goal is to provide a transformative learning experience consistent with the University’s core values of gentleness, humility, gratitude, hospitality, and wisdom.
Our online SLP program gives you the flexibility to pursue your goals while balancing work (until clinicals), family, and other responsibilities. At the same time, we never lose sight of what matters most: helping you build knowledge, strengthen your confidence, and prepare for meaningful work.
What sets DeSales apart is our focus on the full student experience. We combine academic rigor with practical learning, caring support, and a values-based foundation that encourages ethical leadership. We strive to be recognized as a leader through innovative teaching and research, mentored professional practice, and ethical preparation, enabling you to construct new ideas and lead a life of impact.
What You Can Expect
Flexible Online Programs that fit busy schedules
Supportive Faculty and Staff who care about your success
Career-Focused Learning tied to real-world goals
Values-Based Education grounded in integrity and service
A Connected Community that welcomes and supports you
A History Rooted in Purpose
DeSales University has a long tradition of educating students with compassion, wisdom, and purpose. Founded in 1964 by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, the university reflects the Salesian tradition, which emphasizes gentle strength, thoughtful leadership, and respect for the dignity of every person.
That tradition still shapes the student experience today. DeSales works to create an environment where students feel known, supported, and challenged to do their best work. We believe higher education should open doors, strengthen communities, and help people live lives of meaning and impact.
As the University has grown, it has remained committed to accessible, student-centered learning. Our online offerings extend that mission by helping more students reach their goals through flexible pathways and strong academic support.
About DeSales University
DeSales is a Catholic, Salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.
Our mission guides everything we do, from program design to student support. We aim to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and ethical foundation they need to make a positive difference in their professions and communities.
We aspire to be a learning community where innovative teaching, mentored professional practice, and ethical preparation expands the minds, the talents, and the hearts of curious students to construct new ideas and lead lives of impact.
To accomplish this vision, we will strive for continuous improvement through a coordinated set of strategic initiatives defined by the following elements:
- Mission-forward actions
- Keenly focused enrollment growth
- Online learning throughout our programs
- A developed nexus between career and alumni development
- Effective utilization of our campus resources
- Gentleness
Salesian gentleness challenges us daily, from how we text and email to the way we drive, vote, and relate to our friends, family, foes, and colleagues. - Humility
With Salesian humility, we are grateful for the gifts given to us, crediting God for them and blessing the world with our expression of those gifts placed at the service of others. - Gratitude
Our ability to give thanks to God emerges from humility and prompts us to pray and, in turn, share the bounty of our blessings with others. - Hospitality
During a time in our world when countless peoples are exiled from their homelands, rejected and forced to live on streets, precluded from quality education, or marginalized in any way, Salesian hospitality seeks to accept others by honoring their human dignity and empowering them to be who they are and be that well. - Wisdom
Francis de Sales wrote: “Knowledge is the eighth sacrament.” Francis also developed the centrality of the heart as the locus of love for the human person. Thus, knowledge must not remain in the mind but touch the heart to be transformed into a wisdom that informs life’s choices and impels the disciple to love and serve.
DeSales University is proudly Catholic and warmly welcoming. Our faith tradition informs our mission, but we welcome students from all backgrounds and beliefs.
The University’s Salesian heritage encourages a learning environment marked by compassion, patience, humility, and respect. This creates a culture where students can grow intellectually, professionally, and personally in a setting that values both achievement and care for others.
DeSales University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.
The Master of Science (M.S.) program in speech-language pathology (distance) at DeSales University is under review for Accreditation by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Recognized for Academic Excellence
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