Take your career to the next level with our master's in education programs.
Choose a program for your master's in education:
Community of Learning
Earn your master's degree in curriculum and instruction in just two years! This hybrid program is affordable and convenient. You’ll spend five Saturdays per semester collaborating and learning with other members in a classroom setting. Through the Community of Learning, you'll drive your own professional development.
Residency Counseling Cohort
Complete the foundation courses for your master's degree in counseling in only four semesters! Classes meet two weekends per semester. Summer courses are completely online. Classes are interactive and involve small and large group processes, discussions, and experiential skills building activities.
Special Education
Wayne State's fully online master’s degree in special education is designed to help professionals and districts meet the needs of students with exceptionalities, and their families. The program offers four unique pathways for special education professionals or for anyone with a bachelor's and/or teaching degree.
Curriculum and Instruction
Enhance your teaching, leadership, and classroom instruction skills with a master's degree in curriculum and instruction - instructional leadership. In this master’s degree program, you will explore instructional theory and new approaches to curriculum design that meet the needs of today’s elementary and secondary schools.
Counseling
After taking the foundation of courses for you master's in counseling, choose from three content areas - clinical mental health counseling, school counseling, and student affairs and college counseling. Take your foundation courses through our core counseling cohort, or via the hybrid format.
School Administration
This fully online 36- to 48-hour program offers different options to help prepare you for school leadership roles and includes a focus area in athletic administration. With an online master's degree in school administration from Wayne State, you'll be well prepared for an administrative position in an elementary or secondary school setting.
Best Master's in Education Programs
Wayne State's education master's degrees are nationally ranked and continually recognized for incredible value, successful graduates, and innovative learning.
No. 1 in Nebraska, No. 9 in the U.S.
Best College for School Administration/Principalship, 2023
College Factual
Best College for School Administration/Principalship, 2023
No. 1 in Nebraska, No. 9 in the U.S.
College Factual
Wayne State College has been ranked at No.1 in Nebraska and No. 9 in the U.S. for having the Best Master's Program in School Administration/Principalship. For its 2023 ranking, College Factual looked at accredited colleges and universities in the United States to determine which ones were the best for secondary school administration/principalship students pursuing a degree. Factors included in the rank included program quality, caliber of the student body, program demand, educational resources, degree completion rate, student debt, and post-graduate earnings.
No. 11 in the U.S.
Best Online Master's in Education Administration, 2023
Intelligent.com
Best Online Master's in Education Administration, 2023
No. 11 in the U.S.
Intelligent.com
Intelligent.com ranked Wayne State College as No.11 in the U.S. for the best master's degree in education administration for 2023. Intelligent.com researched over 2,900 colleges and universities, evaluating each program on the basis of academic quality, graduation rate, cost and ROI, and student resources. All of the programs examined were also regionally accredited, with most having National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accreditation, which means they meet the highest quality standards for educator training.
Learn more about our online master's in school administration.
No. 3 in the U.S.
Most Affordable Online Master's Programs, 2023
EDsmart
Most Affordable Online Master's Programs, 2023
No. 3 in the U.S.
EDsmart
EDsmart's ranking of most affordable online master's programs is the most comprehensive and well-rounded to date.The ranking includes only fully accredited schools that offer a master's program online. Rankings are based solely on average in-state graduate student tuition as published in the National Center for Education Statistics database.
No. 5 in the U.S.
Most Affordable Online Master's Degrees
Great Value Colleges
Most Affordable Online Master's Degrees
No. 5 in the U.S.
Great Value Colleges
A master’s degree can mean as much as $400,000 in extra earnings over the course of a career compared to holders of bachelor’s degrees. Being able to earn that degree on a budget and at your own schedule while continuing to meet personal and professional responsibilities is a marvel of the modern era. These rankings were based on tuition, student-to-faculty ratio, and national recognition. View our online master's degrees.
No. 22 in the U.S.
Best Online Master's in Special Education
OnlineSchoolsReport.com
Best Online Master's in Special Education
No. 22 in the U.S.
OnlineSchoolsReport.com
OnlineSchoolsReport.com (OCR) ranked Wayne State's online master's in special education at No. 22 in the U.S. To calculate which degree programs are the best, OSR uses six data points. Three of these are school-wide, and three are program-specific.
The school-wide criteria are student satisfaction, admission rates, and the total number of programs the school offers online. In terms of program-specific data points, OSR looks at median debt of program graduates, how many degrees are offered within the program’s department, and the percentage of the school’s enrolled students who graduate from that department.
Admission Criteria
- Apply for graduate study at WSC
- Complete and submit application materials, which will include certification history, transcripts, statement of purpose, and references.
More information on admission criteria
Questions? Contact:
School of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 402-375-7389
Affordable Master's in Education
Whether you take online or face-to-face classes, education master’s degrees at Wayne State College are among the lowest priced in the nation.
