Northwest Missouri State University Master’s in Education

Education is a program of study at Northwest Missouri State University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in education, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

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

$6,673 Average Tuition and Fees

Northwest Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at Northwest paid an average of $371 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	$6,167	$6,167
Fees	$506	$506

Does Northwest Offer an Online Master’s in Education?

If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that Northwest offers online option in its education master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northwest Online Learning page.

Northwest Master’s Student Diversity for Education

395 Master's Degrees Awarded

75.4% Women

6.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 395 students received their master’s degree in education. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 75.4% of the education students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 78.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 6.1% of the education master’s degrees at Northwest in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 28%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	6
Native American or Alaska Native	2
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	1
White	363
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Master’s in Education Focus Areas at Northwest

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Multilingual Education	1
Curriculum & Instruction	118
Educational Administration	180
Special Education	45
Student Counseling	9

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.