Earn your bachelor’s degree in peace and justice studies at Pace University, the only university in Manhattan offering this transformative major. Develop the knowledge and skills to address complex global challenges and promote equity, sustainability, and peace through action-oriented learning in the heart of New York City.
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Lead the charge in creating innovative solutions to issues of justice, violence, and inequality. With a bachelor of arts in peace and justice studies from Pace University, you’ll explore the principles of nonviolence, conflict resolution, and human rights. This interdisciplinary program combines the social sciences and humanities, equipping you with the skills to address systemic harm while promoting sustainable peace on local and global scales.
At the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, you’ll gain practical experience through internships with nonprofits, the United Nations, and advocacy organizations in New York City. With a peace and justice studies major, you’ll engage in meaningful projects and initiatives that challenge injustice and empower communities. Coursework includes topics such as nonviolent social change, reconciliation, and humanitarian aid, and culminates in a senior capstone project that highlights your expertise.
Located just minutes from the United Nations and other international organizations, Pace provides unparalleled opportunities for civic engagement and global learning. Graduates have pursued impactful careers with organizations such as , the , and the , or continued their education in graduate programs focused on diplomacy, law, or social justice.
Our faculty, who bring real-world experience into the classroom, offer specialties in peace and conflict studies, transformative justice, nonviolent social change and community organizing, trauma, gender, humanitarian aid, religion and peacebuilding, and reconciliation and transitional justice.
The PJS major is a good co-curricular fit with many existing Pace programs, including:
Model United Nations
Located only two express subway stops from the iconic United Nations complex on the East River, Pace University’s New York City Model UN team has a 60-year history of excellence in regional, national, and international competitions. In October 1950, Pace fielded its first Model UN team, representing Ecuador at the ‘Intercollegiate Model Meeting of the United Nations Security Council’ at the UN headquarters just a year after the building was built.
LGBTQA and Justice Center
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Asexual and Ally (LGBTQA) Social Justice Center exists to create campus environments that are inclusive and supportive of student, staff, and faculty diversity in the areas of sexuality and gender identity and expression. The office promotes identity expression, self-determination, and exploration on all levels for all members of Pace University through advocacy, education, activism, programming, and a commitment to social justice.
Center for Community Action and Research
For more than a decade, the Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR) has supported civic engagement, social responsibility, and reciprocal partnerships with the community, resulting in enriched learning for positive change. Housed within the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, the CCAR’s programs serve the entire University through curricular and co-curricular initiatives, coordination of national civic engagement programs, and support of ongoing community partnerships.
The BA in Peace and Justice Studies supports students as they pursue careers in non-profits, humanitarian and international aid work, international law, negotiation, diplomacy, mediation, community organizing, poverty reduction, restorative justice, and more.
As a Pace student, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with our robust career services team to develop a career plan that best fits your goals.
—Lily Lockwood ’26
With a background includes anti-nuclear advocacy and community-based nonviolence education, FitzGerald’s research interests include critical approaches to peace and conflict studies; abolition; Black feminist theory; Indigenous political theory; religion, conflict, and peacebuilding.
With research interests that include faith-based peacebuilding and development, nonviolence social movements, East Africa, she serves as vice moderator of the World Council of Churches and the main representative to the United Nations for the International Peace Research Association.
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Understanding the value of a degree is essential, especially in terms of return on investment (ROI). According to The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, Pace University is in the top 6% of U.S. colleges that provide the best return on tuition investment.
For the 2024–2025 academic year, full-time undergraduate tuition is $51,382. However, many students pay significantly less due to our generous merit scholarships, which offer up to $33,000 annually, as well as need-based scholarships, grants, on-campus employment opportunities, and loans. Pace is more affordable than you think. Financial assistance can come from many places, including scholarships, grants, on-campus employment, and loans.
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