COE Graduate Programs
A degree from the College of Education prepares you to be an excellent educator, counselor, researcher, leader, or administrator. A degree from the College of Education at the UofM shows that you are equipped to lead, to solve real-world problems, and to work with students in the city of Memphis, throughout the Mid-south, and around the world. Explore the degrees the COE offers and find out how you can be Driven by Excellence.
Graduate Students
Visit the Graduate Studies Office> page to learn about graduation requirements, policies, and procedures. For questions about applying, visit the Graduate School Application page>.
New graduate students must apply to the Graduate School to be admitted to our graduate programs. Students not seeking a degree or graduate certificate, must apply to the Graduate School as graduate non-degree student before enrolling in our graduate courses.
Graduate students seeking advising should contact the department of their major, with
the exception of MAT students. If you are an MAT student, please contact Ms. LaRuth
Lofties at llofties@memphis.edu.
The COE offers the following graduate degrees:
- Master of Arts in Teaching/Teaching Licensure
- Master of Science Programs
- Doctoral Programs
- Graduate Certificate
Apply to COE Graduate Programs >
Master of Arts in Teaching and Teaching Licensure
Information about the Masters of Arts in Teaching and teaching licensure can be found on the Office of Teacher Education and Clinical Practice site>.
We offer MATs in these areas:
- Early Childhood Education (MAT, Licensure)
- Elementary Education (MAT, Licensure)
- Secondary Education (MAT, Licensure)
- Special Education (MAT, Licensure)
Master of Science Programs
- Addiction Counseling (MS)
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS)
- Clinical Rehabilitation (MS)
- Educational Psychology and Research (MS)
- Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling (MS)
- School Counseling (MS)
- Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling (MS)
- Applied Behavioral Analysis (MS)
- Early Childhood Education (MS)
- Instruction & Curriculum (MS)
- Instructional Design & Technology (MS)
- K-12 Educational Technology Track
- Design and Development Track
- Literacy Education (MS)
- Special Education (MS)
- School Administration and Supervision (MS)
- Student Affairs Administration (MS)
Doctoral Programs
- Counselor Education and Supervision (PhD)
- Counseling Psychology (PhD)
- Educational Psychology and Research (PhD)
- Applied Behavioral Analysis (EdD)
- Early Childhood Education (EdD)
- Instruction & Curriculum (EdD)
- Instructional Design & Technology (EdD)
- K-12 Educational Technology Track
- Design and Development Track
- Literacy Education (EdD)
- Special Education (EdD)
- Adult Education (EdD)
- Educational Leadership (EdD)
- Higher Education (EdD)
- Leadership and Policy Studies (EdD)
- Policy Studies (EdD)
Graduate Certificates
- Career and College Counseling (Graduate Certificate)
- Disabilities Studies (Graduate Certificate)
- School Counseling (Graduate Certificate)
- Qualitative Studies in Education (Graduate Certificate)
- Quantitative Studies in Educational Research (Graduate Certificate)
- Autism Studies (Graduate Certificate)
- Human Computer Interaction (Graduate Certificate)
- Instructional Design and Technology (Graduate Certificate)
- K-12 Educational Technology Track
- Design and Development Track
- Literacy Leadership and Coaching (Graduate Certificate)
- Mathematics Education (Graduate Certificate)
- Multi-Tier Systems of Support (Graduate Certificate)
- School Library Information Specialist (Graduate Certificate)
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Teacher Leadership (Graduate Certificate)
- Special Education Comprehensive (Graduate Certificate)
- Urban Education (Graduate Certificate)
- K-12 Educational Leadership (Graduate Certificate)
- Higher Education Instruction (Graduate Certificate)