Overview

As businesses and organizations collectively tighten their belts, employers are adding more stringent hiring requirements for new employees, and corporations are placing a stronger emphasis on training in the workplace.

Such actions have led to an increased need for qualified adult education professionals in a variety of businesses, community centers, higher education institutions, and corporate training centers.

This flexible Lifelong Learning and Adult Education master's program at Pennsylvania State University allows you to align your degree studies with your career goals by choosing the general master's in education path or selecting a formal option, which will appear on your diploma.

Master of Education: Offers flexibility to register for more electives from several different areas, including ABE, global online and distance education, qualitative research methods, and family literacy.
Adult Basic Education and Literacy option: Course work is focused on teaching and research in ABE and literacy with electives in distance education, administration, and theory.
Global Online and Distance Education option: Course work is focused on historical and current procedures, practices, and developments related to distance education both domestically and internationally. Electives include course topics such as theory, program planning, and emerging technologies.

Careers

As a graduate of this program, you can be qualified to provide leadership in one or more of the following domains of adult education practice: teaching and learning for adults, curriculum and instructional design and development in adult education, program planning and administration for adult learners, or curriculum and/or program evaluation within adult education programming.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Adult Literacy
Teaching Math and Numeracy to Adults
Program Planning in Adult Education
Historical and Social Issues in Adult Education
Perspectives on Adult Learning
Professional Seminar: Research and Adult Education
Global Online and Distance Education

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-25 00:00:00 , International

More details

International applicants are encouraged to submit materials at least four months before the beginning of the semester for which they are applying.

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

University Park, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

A baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a tertiary (postsecondary) degree that is deemed comparable to a four-year bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution.

Official transcripts from each institution attended

GPA and Test Scores — All applicants are expected to have earned a junior/senior grade point average of 3.0 or higher

English Proficiency

References (3)

Statement of Purpose

Writing Samples

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

46796 USD / year

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Out-of-State

46796 USD / year

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In-State

25966 USD / year

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Funding

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