Graduate Programs
Why CU 麻豆影院?
We offer Colorado's top-ranked graduate programs in education. As a graduate student in the School of Education, you will work closely with a small, collaborative group of nationally renowned faculty and a supportive community dedicated to preparing engaged educators, researchers, policymakers, and community leaders.
Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
Devote your learning experience to the critical examination of the relationships among education, society, culture, and government, with special emphasis on problems of race, gender, sexual diversity, social class, and multiculturalism.
Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Explore language and literacy development, school culture, language policies, and the social and political context of schooling for emergent bilingual children and students with disabilities. We are devoted to the critical examination of theory, practice, and policy in: the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students and the education of exceptional children.
Learning Sciences & Human Development
Develop an interdisciplinary understanding of learning, teaching, and youth development in schools and community contexts. Our program is on the leading edge of efforts to understand and address issues of social justice, power, and culture in learning.
Literacy Studies
Develop a greater understanding and expertise in the teaching and learning of literacy. We explore the dynamics of literacy learning from childhood through adulthood, examine literacy practices both in and out of school, and study literacy needs across change.
Research & Evaluation Methodology
This is a place for intellectually curious, academically motivated students who want to learn quantitative research methods for analyzing education policy and practice with the goals of facilitating learning and increasing equity, particularly for marginalized groups.
STEM Education
CU 麻豆影院 is a proud national leader in STEM education, and we offer STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education tracks to support educators who are interested in developing a greater understanding and expertise in the teaching and learning of mathematics and science.
Teacher Learning, Research & Practice
Teacher Learning, Research and Practice programs enrich understanding of the histories and foundations of knowledge, inquiry, learning, and pedagogy in teaching and research in subject areas.
Featured program
Online Program in Teacher Leadership
Make a difference in your classroom, district and community with certificates and a Master's degree in teacher leadership. Affordable, accessible, and designed with instrumental input from teachers, the new Teacher Leadership program is offered entirely online and features stackable graduate certificates that can lead to a full Master's degree.
Featured program
Master's Plus Teacher Licensure
The MA + Teacher Licensure program leads to a Colorado initial teacher licensure in secondary education (grades 7th-12th) in English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, or Music plus a Master鈥檚 of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction. Most of the MA+ tracks are designed to be completed in one year with a summer start and finish, and you'll gain experience in K-12 classrooms throughout the program. Earn a master's degree and teacher licensure in just one year.
Our Commitment to Diversity
Recruiting a diverse student body is at the center of our mission as a school of education located in a public university. We understand that to be a ground-breaking and excellent school of education, we must prioritize racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, language, gender and sexuality diversity, among other types of diversity. Learn more.
Student News
#1
Best College Town in America.
American Institute for Economic Research 2017
# 14
in Education Policy among more than 300 private and public graduate schools of education nationwide.
US News & World Report
# 1
graduate education program in the state.
US News & World Report
Most Diverse
% of students of color than any other graduate program on campus