Franklin Alumni Benefits
Franklin University alumni have access to a number of benefits and resources, such as career development, use of library resources, and more. See below to find out how Franklin can help you with your development.
Career Development
Franklin's Center for Career Development offers a wide array of services to meet the diverse needs of our students and alumni in today's changing workforce. Our goal is to help develop lifelong career management skills and integrate academic and career interests, as well as to connect students and alumni with employers and businesses interested in discovering great talent. Click here for more information.
Graduate Programs
Extend your professional value with a master's degree from Franklin, an accredited, student-centered leader in online learning. Here you can you earn your master’s degree online or onsite in as few as 14 months -- with no GRE or GMAT required, if you qualify.
With our online master’s programs, you can enhance your leadership skills, develop an invaluable professional network, examine relevant strategies, learn best practices from real-world practitioners, and translate what you learn to how you lead.
Explore our master's degrees and choose your path.
Franklin alumni can receive their first class free. Please contact the Admissions Department at admission@franklin.edu for more information.
Doctoral Programs
Franklin University’s start-to-finish online doctoral programs let you earn your highest professional credentials in just three years -- including your dissertation. Learn how to bring a higher level of technical, technological, research, communication and leadership skills to the workplace or classroom.
Different than a theoretical, academia-focused doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree, our applied doctorate degrees for the working professional prepare you to lead, innovate and transform. Find your future now.
Franklin Transcripts
You can order a copy of your official transcripts for your records or send official transcripts to a school or employer using our Online Transcript Request Form.
You must use a credit card to pay for your transcripts via our secure online form. Your account will be charged $9 per transcript for standard delivery via U.S. Mail.
Once you’ve completed the Online Transcript Request Form, you'll receive a confirmation number. Save this number, and you'll be able to check the delivery status of your transcript request
Library Resources
Franklin University alumni and public patrons are offered limited library services. Please note that alumni and public users will be asked for ID to verify their status. An alumnus is defined as a patron who has obtained a degree from Franklin University. A public patron is defined as a patron who is neither a current Franklin student, faculty, staff, or alumnus, nor a current student, faculty, or staff member of an OhioLINK institution.
Alumni Email Policy
Recent alumni and former students of the University are able to keep their email and Self Service accounts after they are done taking courses. However,if your last courses was prior to 2015, you may not have active account. If your account is not active, the Help Desk will not be able to reactive it. You still are able to order an official transcript even if your account is inactive. If you stopped taking courses after 2015 and you are unaware of your password for your former account, click here for password recovery.
Alumni Lapel Pin
Demonstrating the kind of innovative thinking that has made Franklin University a leader in adult education, the Franklin University Alumni Pin is a tangible symbol of the significant achievement of a Franklin graduate.
We Need Your Help
Our goal is to get the Franklin University Alumni Pin into the hands of as many Franklin graduates as possible, so we need your help. As a Franklin graduate, you are invited to pass your pin along when you encounter a fellow Franklin University graduate who does not already have one. The recipient will in turn pass along the pin during a similar encounter, fostering an increased sense of spirit and community among Franklin graduates.
Replacement Pins
After you have passed your Alumni Pin along to another Franklin University graduate, be sure to request a replacement pin.