Master of Education

Upon a completion of your Master of Education you will learn the following:

Content Knowledge Goal: Master teachers utilize content knowledge to raise the achievement of PK-12 learners.

1. Demonstrate growth in content knowledge related to concentration area and the application of content knowledge to classroom instruction and assessment.

Pedagogy Goal: Master teachers utilize best practices in instruction and assessment to raise achievement of PK-12 learners.

1. Understand scientifically-based practices in teaching and learning, including strategies in literacy education, instructional technology, differentiation of instruction, and apply them to raise student achievement.
2. Demonstrate multiple means of assessing and evaluating student learning and use them to change teaching and learning.

Professional Development and School Reform Goal: Master teachers understand the process for professional change in their own practice and in education, including the interpretation of educational research.

1. Locate, interpret, synthesize, and apply educational research in best practices in teaching.
2. Understand models for professional change, including teacher collaboration, professional learning communities, strategies for mentoring and coaching to facilitate change, and effective professional development.
3. Demonstrate understanding of reflective practice that results in improved classroom teaching and learning, including teacher reflection, use of technology in self-assessment, collaboration for change, and self-management of change.
4. Demonstrate understanding of system and organizational change in education, including models for school change and current research and trends in school change.

Leadership and Change Agent Goal: Master teachers apply educational research, including research on school reform and professional development to raise student achievement.

1. Demonstrate responsibility for student learning at high levels.
2. Demonstrate responsibility for school reform and leadership in school change.

Tuition: 

As a public and non-profit university, CSU Pueblo partners with you to make your education affordable. CSU Pueblo offers one affordable tuition rate, regardless of residency. 

Master of Education Tuition Rate: $470 per credit hour

Scholarships:

Everyone deserves affordable education. That is why we offer a number of scholarships to help you achieve your education goals. 

https://www.csupueblo.edu/student-financial-services/scholarships/index.html

Financial Aid:

Financial Aid: https://www.csupueblo.edu/student-financial-services/index.html 

Learning can lead to earning. Discover where a Master of Education degree might take you and make informed choices about your future in education.

Diverse Industries:

• Education
• Adult Education
• Higher Education
• Educational Technology 
• ESL (English as a Second Language)

Job Titles:

• Principal
• Instructional Designer
• Education Consultant
• Curriculum Developer
• Teacher
• School Administrator

Applications for the MEd are accepted year-round. The admission requirements are the following: 

• Baccalaureate Degree: Students must have a baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a regional accreditation agency (or equivalent).
• Transcripts: All transcripts from higher education institutions attended must be sent to CSU-Pueblo.
• Grade Point Average: Students must have a minimum 3.000 GPA. Conditional admission may be granted for candidates with lower cumulative GPAs upon recommendation by the Associate Dean or with a recent graduate GPA (at least 15 hours) is above 3.000.
• Letter of Interest: Students must outline the reason(s) for applying to the M.Ed. program and how they expect to both benefit from and contribute to it.
• Recommendation Forms: Two recommendation forms must be provided from individuals who can speak to potential success in graduate school.
• Teaching License: Conditional admission can be granted for candidates without a teaching license, but with significant teaching experience. Candidates must provide documentation of the quantity and quality of this experience.

A maximum of nine semester hours of resident graduate credit from other regionally accredited graduate institutions may be applied to a graduate degree program. Transfer credit from non-United States institutions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Transfer credits must be directly applicable to the degree program and must be approved by the program director/coordinator and sent to the Degree Analyst. Graduate credits accepted in transfer must be from a course in which a grade of B- or better was earned. Credits accepted in transfer do not apply to the GPA at CSU Pueblo. Credits already used for minimum degree requirements at another institution cannot be used toward fulfilling a CSU Pueblo degree. Individual programs may set additional criteria for acceptance of transfer credit.

How to Apply

Applicants must complete the online application. The application requires official transcripts from all colleges which
the student has attended. Once the application and transcripts have been received, students will receive an admission
decision. Send official transcripts:

Electronically:
info@csupueblo.edu

By mail at Colorado State University Pueblo:
Office of Admissions
2200 Bonforte Boulevard
Pueblo, CO, 81001