Tuition Reduction-Graduate Programs in Education

Reduced Tuition & Easy Transfer

MSU has a long, proud history of educating teachers. We were founded as Morehead Normal School and later became Morehead Teachers College before earning university status. We are educators, and we celebrate educators at all levels.

• Through 2025, MSU will be discounting graduate tuition on all 600-level courses within the Volgenau College of Education. The rate for the next five years will be the same as our undergraduate tuition rate, which is currently $405 per credit hour. See MSU Tuition and Fees.
• Easy admission and transfer of credit to MSU. Apply Now to graduate programs at MSU.
• Online courses and programs for ease of completion.

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

• Middle Grades (5-9) – Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies.
• Secondary Education (8-12) - Prepares teachers for discipline-specific 8-12 classrooms. Students may specialize in biology, business, chemistry, English, mathematics, physics, or social studies. Grades P-12 content areas include art, music, Spanish, and theatre. Agriculture, business and information technology and industrial education are grades 5-12 specializations.
• P-12 Certification – Spanish or French.
• Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education (Birth-Kindergarten)

Advanced Teacher Preparation, Including Online Options Where Applicable

Master of Arts in Education- Teacher Leader: Biology, business and marketing with content and technology concentrations, English, fifth-year, gifted education, IECE, interdisciplinary P-5, literacy specialist, mathematics, middle grades 5-9, school community leader, social studies, special education and alternate area of emphasis.

• Master of Arts in Adult and Higher Education
• Master of Arts in Counseling
• Master of Arts in Education - Educational Technology (with Instructional Computer Technology Endorsement)
• Educational Specialist (Ed.S) Adult and Higher Education
• Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) Curriculum & Instruction
• Educational Specialist (Ed.S) Instructional Leadership
• Educational Specialist (Ed.S) School Counseling
• Rank I General Pedagogy
• Rank I Counseling
• Rank I in Educational Technology with Instructional Computer Technology Endorsement
• Rank I with Gifted Students P-12 Endorsement
• Rank I with Literacy Specialist Endorsement P-12
• Rank I with Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) P-12 Endorsement

Endorsement Programs & Certifications

• Director of Special Education
• Instructional Computer Technology
• Learning & Behavior Disorders P-12 Post Baccalaureate Certification
• Moderate & Severe Disabilities P-12 Post Baccalaureate Certification
• School Superintendent
• Teacher Leader – Fifth Year
• Gifted Education

Classes with these prefixes qualify: EDAH, EDEC, EDEL, EDF, EDGC, EDIL, EDMG, EDSE, EDSL, EDSP, EDTC, EDTL, EDUC, and IECE.

NOTE: MSU’s base tuition rate is determined annually once the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) approves the recommendations from the University. The reduction will still remain in effect for the next five years. The reduced tuition rate does not apply to the 800-level Doctor of Education courses or to out-of-state students.

Contact Us

Graduate Admissions Advising

Michelle Emrick
Graduate Admissions Specialist
606-783-5204

Ollie Floyd
Graduate Advising Center Coordinator
606-783-2315

MAT Advising

Duane Lambert
Instructor of Education/MAT Program Coordinator
606-783-9504

Marian Sims
Instructor of Education/MAT Assistant Program Coordinator
606-783-9504

College of Education Graduate Programs

Tim Simpson
Interim Associate Dean and Professor, Volgenau College of Education
606-783-2858