by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Education. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Education is a major offered under the education program of study at Harvard University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in education, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Harvard paid an average of $1,545 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $49,448 | $49,448 |
| Fees | $1,206 | $1,206 |
The median early career salary of education students who receive their master’s degree from Harvard is $60,306 per year. That is 23% higher than the national average of $49,197.
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.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in education in 2019-2020, 77.7% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 78.2%.
Around 32.2% of education master’s degree recipients at Harvard in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 64 |
| Black or African American | 47 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 60 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 264 |
| International Students | 138 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 22 |
General Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 596 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general education.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Instructional Media Design | 65 |
| Educational Assessment | 8 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 22 |
*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.
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