Marquette Explorer Program

The Marquette Explorer Program is a dual-enrollment program offered by Marquette University for partner high school students. This program offers qualified international high school students who have demonstrated dedication, ability, and motivation the opportunity to begin taking college level courses while they are still in high school. (First-year international undergraduate students around the world are also able to register for Explorer courses as non-degree seeking students.)

Dual-enrollment Programs are growing exponentially in popularity among high school students, both domestically and internationally. Students who finish dual-enrollment programs can not only graduate college early and save tuition, but can also gain confidence by seeing their own success at managing college level coursework successfully.  

A few advantages of the Marquette Explorer Program are:

• Earn Marquette University’s college credits while in high school
• More likely to graduate college early and save college tuition
• Highly transferrable credits
• Diverse and rigorous curriculum
• Enhance students’ college applications
• Guaranteed admission to Marquette University

Course offering

The Marquette Explorer Program supervises partner high schools that offer Marquette courses at their institution.  Most 1000 and 2000 level courses are available for our international partners to offer. Please refer to the popular course list below. 

 

Contact

If you are current Marquette high school partners or adjunct instructors, please contact Marquette University's Faculty Liaison, Dr. Susanne DeBerry Cole.  

The Marquette Explorer Program is developed and co-managed by Marquette University and the International Partnership of Education Research and Communication (IPERC). IPERC oversees the recruitment, screening, communication, student English evaluation, and other quality enhancement measures for the Marquette Explorer international students and international partner schools. 

If you are a high school student interested in enrolling in the Marquette Explorer Program, or a school administrator who is interested offering the Marquette Explorer Program at your school, please contact Justin Osborn at justin.osborn@marquette.edu or globalrecruit1@marquette.edu for more information.  

Marquette University

Marquette University is a private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881. The university was named after 17th-century missionary and explorer Father Jacques Marquette, S.J. Marquette is part of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and currently has a student body of about 12,000. Marquette is one of the largest Jesuit universities in the United States, and the largest private university in Wisconsin.

Marquette University's 11 colleges and schools deliver nationally recognized programs for undergraduates, graduate and professional students, and working professionals. For prospective undergraduate students, Marquette offers 83 majors and 80 minors, as well as pre-professional programs in dentistry, law and medicine. For postgraduate students, Marquette offers 66 doctoral and master's degree programs, 18 graduate certificate programs, and a School of Dentistry and Law School.

 

2023 Overall National Ranking

• 12  Best Undergraduate Teaching (U.S. News & World Report)
• 83  Best Colleges (U.S. News & World Report)
• 52  Best Value Schools (U.S. News & World Report)
•   6  Employment rate 95.55% (Zippia.com)
• 19  Best Schools for Internships (Princeton Review)

Highly Ranked Programs (Nationally):

• 15  Real Estate (undergraduate)
• 18  Supply Chain Management (undergraduate)
• 22  Finance (undergraduate)
• 32  Accounting (undergraduate)
• 29  Nursing (undergraduate)
•   6  M.S Computer and Information Science (online)
•   8  Dispute Resolution program
• 14  Legal Writing program
• 15  Executive MBA program
• 46  Part-time MBA program
• 60  Nursing, M.S.N.
• 70  Biomedical Engineering
• 70  Environmental Engineering

University Highlights

• 8,024 undergraduate students, 3,526 graduate students
• 83 undergraduate majors and 80 minors with pre-professional programs in dentistry/law/medicine
• 70+ master’s, doctoral graduate programs
• Undergraduate students are directly admitted to one of our seven undergraduate colleges
• Student-to-faculty ratio 13:1, 48% classes with fewer than 20 students
• Knowledgeable international student advisors, cultural adjustment and academic success services.
• Careers services to help students secure internships and jobs
• 16 NCAA Division I Athletics Teams 8 female teams and 8 male teams including basketball, lacrosse and soccer
• Cura Personalis: Care for the entire person; individualized attention