At A Glance

Degree Programs

Master’s Programs

HGSE offers 13 degree programs at the master's level:

• Arts in Education
• Education Policy and Management
• Higher Education
• Human Development and Psychology
• International Education Policy
• Language and Literacy
• Learning and Teaching
• Mind, Brain, and Education
• Risk and Prevention (Ed.M. and CAS)  
• School Leadership
• Special Studies
• Teacher Education Program
• Technology, Innovation, and Education

Doctoral Programs

In addition, the school has two doctoral programs:

• Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Program
• Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) Program

The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) program has six concentrations:

• Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice
• Human Development and Education
• Culture, Communities, and Education
• Quantitative Policy Analysis in Education
• Higher Education
• Urban Superintendents Program (USP enrolled its last cohort in Fall 2009)

Enrollment

In 2008-2009, HGSE enrolled:

• 899 degree-program students
• 570 masters and Certificate of Advanced Study students
• 329 doctoral students
• 683 women (76%)
• 253 people of color (28%)
• 123 international students (14%)

Graduates

During the 2007-2008 school year, Harvard Graduate School of Education granted:

• 40 doctoral degrees
• 567 masters degrees and Certificates of Advanced Study

Since its inception in 1920, the Harvard Graduate School of Education has graduated nearly 27,000 degree students.