Higher Education
The Higher Education Graduate Program is designed as a pathway for professional employment, advancement, and leadership in a wide variety of careers in community colleges, universities, college transition programs, and community agencies. Although the program was founded in 1968 in response to the growing need for community college and university instructors and administrators in North Carolina postsecondary institutions, it now serves a national and international population of students and professionals concerned with postsecondary education.
The program offers three concentrations: Community College and University Leadership; Adult and Developmental Education; and Teaching. There are two degree options in each concentration:
Note: The Master of Arts in Higher Education is a non-licensure degree and does not lead to North Carolina K-12 teaching, administration, or supervision licensure.
The Higher Education Graduate Program offers its degree coursework both on-campus and through ASU's distance education program. On-campus students may enroll full-time or part-time and take classes on weeknights. Off-campus cohorts are formed regularly and engage a consistent group of students in two courses per term. These courses are delivered either face-to-face at a designated off-campus site, through a hybrid approach utilizing ASU's Moodle-based platform and cutting-edge virtual world technology, or, on occasion, completely online.
Admission into the Program
Prerequisites:
- M.A. degree requires a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
- Ed.S. degree requires a master's degree from an accredited college or university
Required Entrance Exam: GRE or MAT (official scores must be submitted; scores must be no more than 5 years old)
References: 3
Supplemental Information: Resume
Deadlines for Application:
- Fall Term: July 1
- Spring Term: November 1
- Summer Term: April 1
Basic Conditions for Consideration of Admission:
- 3.0 GPA in the last earned degree and official scores from the GRE or MAT
OR - 2.5 GPA in the last earned degree and official scores at the 25th percentile level or above from the GRE or MAT
Meeting or exceeding the conditions above does NOT guarantee admission. All applications for a given entry term will be weighed based upon the number of seats available and the quality of the complete application packages. Both qualitative and quantitative aspects of applications are reviewed in comparison to the current applicant pool. With special permission from the Graduate School, a program may admit a limited number of students with exceptional circumstances who do not meet the graduate school minimums.