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Leads to a teaching license. Specific grade levels will vary depending on teaching certification in your state.

• Time: 67% of graduates finish within 18 months.
  
• Tuition and fees: $3,935 per 6-month term.

Candidates for this master's of arts in education degree program often include:

• Aspiring elementary teachers who currently hold a bachelor's degree but lack a teaching license
• Substitute teachers
• Career-changers
• School paraprofessionals
  
• Others who feel the call to teach

This online teacher's degree includes courses in the foundations of teaching, mathematics content, instructional planning and presentation, elementary education methods, and effective teaching practices. It requires in-classroom observation and a term of full-time demonstration teaching.

Leads to teacher licensure. Specific grade levels will vary depending on teaching certification in your state.

• Time: 60% of grads earned this degree within 36 months.
• Tuition and fees: $3,770 per 6-month term.

Candidates for this program often include:

• Aspiring elementary school teachers who currently lack a teaching license
• Substitute teachers
• Career-changers
• School paraprofessionals
  
• Others who feel the call to teach

This elementary education degree program includes courses in the foundations of teacher education, instructional planning and presentation, assessment, and classroom management. Core teacher education courses focus on diversity, disciplinary literacy, elementary education methods, and pedagogy. It requires in-classroom observation and a term of full-time demonstration teaching. This online teaching degree program helps you to be eligible for teaching certification in any of the 50 states.

(Specific grade levels will vary depending on licensure in your state.) If your state offers a single K–12 special education teaching license and you are interested in focusing on teaching students with mild to moderate exceptionalities, consider the B.A. Special Education (Mild to Moderate) online teaching degree. 

• Time: 62% of grads earned this degree within 3½ years.
• Tuition and fees: $3,770 per 6-month term.

Candidates for this online teaching degree often include:

• Aspiring special ed teachers who currently lack a teaching license
• Substitute teachers
• Career-changers
• School paraprofessionals
  
• Others who feel the call to teach

This special education teaching online degree program prepares you to teach students with mild-to-moderate disabilities, with courses in the foundations of teaching, instructional planning and presentation, assessment, and classroom management. Core elementary and special education courses focus on diversity, disciplinary literacy, elementary education methods, and special education topics such as law, assessment, and behavioral management. This program requires in-classroom observation and a term of full-time demonstration teaching. Compare B.A. Special Education (Mild to Moderate)

• Time: 73% of grads earned this degree within 24 months.
• Tuition and fees: $3,935 per 6-month term.

Coursework in this program includes:

• Process management
• Strategic planning
• Performance excellence
• Governance, finance, law, and leadership
• Measurement, analysis, and knowledge management
• Workforce focus
• Other courses, including a capstone project and a series of performance tasks to take place under the leadership of a practicing state licensed school principal or assistant principal in a practicum school site (K–12). 

Put your leadership skills to good use—in the service of America's children—with this education master's degree. 

States that do not accept this program: Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, and Minnesota.

Specific grade levels will vary depending on teaching licensure in your state.

• Time: 61% of grads earned this degree within 30 months.
• Tuition and fees: $3,770 per 6-month term.

Candidates for this science teaching degree program often include:

• Aspiring junior high math teachers who currently lack a teaching license
• Substitute teachers
• Career-changers with a passion for math
• School paraprofessionals
  
• Others who feel the call to teach

This science teaching degree program includes online courses in the following areas: general education, foundations of teaching, science, mathematics, pedagogy, science education, field experience, and a teacher performance assessment. It requires in-classroom observation and a term of full-time demonstration teaching. This science teaching degree prepares you to be eligible for a teaching license in any of the 50 states.

• Time: 72% of grads earned this degree within 18 months.
• Tuition and fees: $3,635 per 6-month term.

Coursework in this program covers the following areas of study:

• Curriculum theory and development
• Instructional theory
• Research fundamentals

Help schools create engaging, meaningful, and memorable learning experiences to improve learning outcomes for all students with this M.S. degree.

Leads to teacher licensure. Specific grade levels will vary depending on licensure in your state.

• Time: 69% of graduates finish this secondary science teaching degree within 18 months.
  
• Tuition and fees: $3,935 per 6-month term.

Candidates for this high school teaching degree program often include:

• Aspiring junior high and high school science teachers who currently hold a bachelor's degree but lack a teaching license
• Substitute teachers
• Career-changers with a passion for science
• School paraprofessionals
  
• Others who feel the call to teach

This graduate-level secondary science teaching program includes the following areas of coursework: foundations of teaching, science education, pedagogy, field experience, research, and a teacher performance assessment. It requires in-classroom observation and a term of full-time demonstration teaching. You'll be prepared to teach in middle school or high school settings, based on teaching certification in your state.