MS Educational Administration at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Programme overview

The MS in Educational Administration offers two concentrations, Higher Education Administration and K12 Instructional Leadership (licensure and non-licensure pathways), delivered through Distance Education. The licensure pathway leads to the Tennessee Instructional Leadership License after a field-based experience and a passing School Leaders Licensure Assessment score.

Faculty: College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences | Department: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies | Duration: 30 graduate credit hours; Higher Education Administration can be completed in 12-15 months or longer | Study mode: full-time | Location: Knoxville, TN, United States

What you will study

Higher Education Administration: core in human relations and governance, a specialization (foundations of higher education, student success, higher education law, finance and budgeting, policy issues) and research courses with a capstone. K12 Instructional Leadership: administrative and organizational theory, professional learning communities, supervision, education policy and law, school finance, curriculum and data use, with an internship for licensure students and a comprehensive exam.

Career pathways

Higher Education Administration prepares students for postsecondary institutions, policy and research centers and government agencies; K12 Instructional Leadership prepares educators for school leadership roles.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Meet all current Graduate School admission requirements and departmental requirements, with a graduate school application and any departmental supplemental application materials.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer. Domestic applicants may apply up to two weeks before the start of the desired term unless the programme sets an earlier deadline.

International graduate applicants on F and J visas: Fall online submission April 15 and file completion May 15; Spring June 15 and October 1; Summer October 15 and February 15. Departmental deadlines may be earlier.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utk.edu/

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