Master of Education

What You’ll Study

Searching for the opportunity to specialize in specific educational fields to better serve your students? Learn how to provide a comprehensive core curriculum to facilitate learning and teaching across all fields. Cato offers an M.Ed. program with specializations in: 

• Literacy K-12
• Instructional Technology
• SPED (general curriculum) 
• AIG
• STEM
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Higher Education

At Queens, work directly with faculty who have decades of teaching and research experience and have been in your current position as K-12 educators as well as coaches and facilitators. They continue to stay connected with local schools and districts working with administrators and teachers as professional developers. As a result, faculty members remain current on standards, best practices, and recent trends in education.

Program Highlights

Number of credits: 33 credit hours 

Number of courses needed to graduate: 11 

Average Completion Time: 12 months – 3 years 

Cost per credit: $500

Total tuition is $16,500

Flexible Program: Hybrid 

How Can You Use This Degree?

The specializations are targeted for educational leaders interested in two distinct paths: 1) a path that will enhance your knowledge and skills to remain in relevant and high-demand areas of the K-12 environment and 2) a path that will prepare you to apply the skills of an educator in higher education and business settings. M.Ed graduates move into positions such as:

• Instructional Coaches 
• Deans of Students 
• Facilitators 
• Lead Teachers 
• Specialists within the schools as well as in the systems in which they work

or

• Community College Faculty 
• University Adjunct Faculty 
• Curriculum Specialist 
• Professional Development Specialist 
• Corporate Training Developer 
• Instructional Technology Coordinator/Designer 
• Instructional Systems Specialist 

Highlighted Courses

• Supervision to Improve Instruction (EDU 631) 
• Leading in a Global Society (EDU 642) 
• Education Law and Ethics (EDU 667) 
• Improving Instruction Using Data (EDU 676) 

Student Highlights

“I love the feel that we are a cohort/a big PLC who help and depend on each other.” – Student from 2022 M.Ed. SPED 

“The professors were so helpful and always available even when the course was asynchronous. I thought it would be hard to make connections when the class was not live, but this was not the case at all” – Student from 2022 M.Ed. Literacy 

Program Contact

Joseph Campos, MBA

Graduate Recruiter

graduateadmissions@queens.edu
704-337-2514

Meet Your Professors

At Queens, your professors are not only the best at what they do, but they are eagerly waiting to be a part of your own journey! Meet the highly esteemed team that will be with you every step of the way in the Queens Master of Education.