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Northwestern College Master’s in Education

Education is a program of study at Northwestern College. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in education, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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

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

NWC Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at NWC was $340 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	$6,120	$6,120
Fees	$220	$220

Does NWC Offer an Online Master’s in Education?

If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. NWC does offer online classes in its education master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NWC Online Learning page.

NWC Master’s Student Diversity for Education

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 100 master’s degrees in education handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 83.0% of the education students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in education at NWC in 2019-2020, 1.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 28%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	93
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Master’s in Education Focus Areas at NWC

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	57
Special Education	10
Teacher Education Grade Specific	33

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.