If you leave your job to study full time in a traditional, on-campus master’s program, it will take about two years to earn your degree. If you don’t leave your job and enroll in an on-campus program part-time, it could take three to four years to reach your goal. An online master’s program with a traditional semester allows you to continue your career as an educator. Depending on your course load, this option will take two or three years. If you prefer a faster path to graduation, an accelerated online program is a better fit. Accelerated programs divide semesters in two, so classes take eight weeks to complete instead of 16. That means you’ll cover the same amount of course material in half the time.
The University of Louisiana Monroe’s online M.Ed. C&I Elementary Education program offers accelerated courses, allowing you to earn your degree in as few as 15 months.