{"id":368,"date":"2021-09-24T16:13:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/three-year-programs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:29:30","slug":"three-year-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/three-year-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-Year Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section style=\"--hero-accent:#00a3e0\" class=\"hero hero--standard alignfull has-no-block-start-margin hero--has-image hero--no-social-links wp-block-butler-hero-standard\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"hero__headline butler-auto-contrast\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tThree-Year Programs\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__subheadline-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero__subheadline\">Earn your degree in just three years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__subheadline-description-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLooking to accelerate your education? Look no further. Butler University offers three-year Bachelor\u2019s degree tracks for undergraduate students across more than forty academic majors.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"hero__inner-blocks\">\n\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons hero__button-list is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right butler-auto-contrast\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/three-year-programs\/majors\/\">Explore Eligible Majors<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__extra\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/08093634\/20-ADM-7809-Three-Year-program-Hero-banners-1440x310_1.jpg\" class=\"hero__image\" alt=\"Graduation image with text &quot;Done in 3&quot; referring to the three year programs\" style=\"object-position: 8.00% 46.00%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/08093634\/20-ADM-7809-Three-Year-program-Hero-banners-1440x310_1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/08093634\/20-ADM-7809-Three-Year-program-Hero-banners-1440x310_1-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/08093634\/20-ADM-7809-Three-Year-program-Hero-banners-1440x310_1-1024x220.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/08093634\/20-ADM-7809-Three-Year-program-Hero-banners-1440x310_1-768x165.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Three-Year Programs Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/academics\/three-year-programs\/majors\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Three-Year Program Majors<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/academics\/three-year-programs\/faq\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Three-Year Program FAQ<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 id=\"h-accelerated-study-without-compromise\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accelerated study without compromise.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our innovative approach to delivering the nationally recognized Butler experience provides motivated students the opportunity to save on tuition, dining, and housing costs while graduating sooner and jump starting their careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best part? At Butler, an accelerated course of study doesn\u2019t require students to compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students pursuing a three-year track will still enjoy all the hallmarks of the Butler experience: our focus on providing experiential learning opportunities, our student-centered approach in the classroom, and our vibrant campus life experience. Students enrolled in a three-year program still have the ability to live on campus, complete an internship, and participate in undergraduate research opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"butler-two-column-quote alignfull has-no-block-start-margin wp-block-butler-two-column-quote\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"butler-two-column-quote-item is-butler-two-column-quote-media-right wp-block-butler-two-column-quote-item\">\n\t<figure class=\"butler-two-column-quote-item-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"butler-two-column-quote-item-media-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/3\/2021\/11\/08093634\/jayhoward0915-005-e1721418305318.jpg\" alt=\"Dean Jay Howard\" style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<div class=\"butler-two-column-quote-item-content\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"butler-two-column-quote-item-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">An accessible educational experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"butler-two-column-quote-item-quote wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne way to make it more affordable is to help students get through in three years. Students who are enterprising, organized, and on top of it have been able to graduate in three years for a long time and we felt it was important to support those students\u2014provide greater guidance, a little more structure, and better advice along the way to help them achieve this goal.\u201d \u2014Jay Howard, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"butler-two-column-quote-item-attribution wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons butler-two-column-quote-item-cta is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"two-column-two-buttons alignfull has-no-block-start-margin wp-block-butler-two-column-two-buttons\">\n\t<div class=\"two-column-two-buttons__inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"two-column-two-buttons__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"two-column-two-buttons__headline butler-auto-contrast\">\n\t\t\t\t\tQuestions? 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