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Harvard University Master’s in Education

Education is a program of study at Harvard University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in education, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Education from Harvard Cost?

Harvard Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Harvard was $1,545 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$49,448	$49,448
Fees	$1,206	$1,206

Does Harvard Offer an Online Master’s in Education?

Online degrees for the Harvard education master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Harvard Online Learning page.

Harvard Master’s Student Diversity for Education

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 691 students received their master’s degree in education. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in education in 2019-2020, 74.5% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 78.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 32.1% of education master’s degree recipients at Harvard in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 28%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	77
Black or African American	51
Hispanic or Latino	72
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	292
International Students	174
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Master’s in Education Focus Areas at Harvard

Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Education	596
Instructional Media Design	65
Educational Assessment	8
Teacher Education Subject Specific	22

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.