Scholarships available for Fall 2025. Connect with an enrollment advisor to learn more.
Become an Education Leader. You’re Closer Than You Think.
Whether you’re looking to continue teaching in the classroom or pursue a career as a curriculum designer or corporate trainer, an online Master of Education (MEd) from Tulane University is your path to implementing equitable and inclusive practices that transform teaching and improve learner outcomes.
Tell us about yourself.
Online
Benefit from an MEd degree online informed by New Orleans’ rich history as an incubator for education reform and innovation without ever leaving your community.
Specialized
Tailor your personal and professional growth with one of four graduate certificates to prepare for a career path in your chosen educational environment.
Accessible
Join a flexible program that offers scholarships for service-oriented professionals and a part-time curriculum that empowers you to lead without leaving the workforce.
Based in Theory, Learned in Practice
In our 30-credit program, you will follow a curriculum with synchronous and asynchronous elements, engage with a diverse cohort of peers, and learn to apply your expanding knowledge base to serve your community. You can choose courses from the following four specialized areas of study, which can also be pursued as graduate certificates at no extra cost:
Education Leadership
Learning Experience Design
Teaching English Learners
Special Education 1
Study Systems of Today to Create Solutions for Tomorrow
Assuming a regular pace of study (two to three courses) for the spring, summer, and fall semesters, the average time to completion is two years. Certificates may be completed in one to two semesters.
Upon graduation, teachers can lead their classrooms with significantly increased earning potential — the average increase in base salary for public school teachers with a master’s degree is 27 percent — or pursue administrative roles. Those interested in alternative pedagogical applications and settings can become curriculum designers, corporate trainers, or educational consultants.
Rest assured, Tulane will prepare you to innovate and lead — wherever you sit today and whatever you aspire to tomorrow. Together, we can transform education in your community and improve learner outcomes. Are you ready to create more equitable and inclusive learning environments? An online Master of Education (MEd) from Tulane is your path forward.
Are you ready to create more inclusive and equitable learning environments?
Scholarships available.
Key Dates
At a Glance
30
Credit Hours 3
4
Specializations
5
Core Courses
5
Electives
2
Years to Complete
“Tulane’s School of Professional Advancement offers a rigorous, engaging, and equity-centered online Master of Education, where you’ll have the opportunity to connect theory to practice within New Orleans’ truly unique educational context.”
– Amanda Kruger Hill, Professor of Practice, Tulane Education Program and Executive Director of the Cowen Institute
You Don’t Have To Leave Your Field To Improve It
Built for Life-long Learners
We offer a leading-edge curriculum, flexible coursework, comprehensive scholarships, and relevant, hands-on learning opportunities to empower students like you to continue working while developing new, valuable skills.
Designed By Working Professionals
Guided by Tulane’s principles and 130-year history, our MEd faculty is composed of active teachers, researchers, mentors, academic directors, and community leaders. With their expertise and leadership, you can move education forward.
All Changemakers Welcome
We value unique, divergent perspectives and seek candidates with various professional and educational histories under the belief that unconventional backgrounds create brave, innovative leaders.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, students from all professional and academic backgrounds will be considered for admission to the MEd program.
Students do not have to declare an area of specialization. If you are interested in pursuing one of the four graduate certificates as part of your MEd, you are encouraged to address this in your personal statement to demonstrate your level of interest. Students will choose their graduate certificate with an advisor upon course registration.
Please reach out to the Tulane University Financial Aid Office by phone for assistance.
The career outlook depends on the professional path you plan to pursue.
Teachers intending to stay in the classroom can increase their earning potential with an MEd. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average base salary for a public school teacher with a master’s degree is $67,000, which is a 27 percent increase from the base salary of a teacher with a bachelor’s degree ($52,500).2
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) notes that the median annual salary for career counselors is $60,140, with a projected job growth of five percent between now and 2032. The median salary for community service managers is $74,240, with a projected job growth of nine percent. Instructional coordinators, meanwhile, command a median salary of $66,490, while district administrators (kindergarten through secondary) earn a mean annual salary of $106,690.4
Apply by the June 1 Early Submit Deadline to Join Our Fall 2025 Cohort.
Learn More About the Online MEd and Available Scholarships. Connect With an Enrollment Advisor Today.
GET IN TOUCH1 This graduate certificate is six courses or 18 credits on its own, bringing the total to a 33 credit hour requirement for the MEd.
2 National Center for Education Statistics, 2023
3 With the exception of the three-credit special education state endorsement add-on.
4 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023