Master's Programs
Equipped with the latest thinking and research, you’ll have what it takes to create real change for students, from early childhood to K-12 to the lifelong learners they’ll become.
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Education Policy, M.S.Ed.
Master's | 1 Year
Students gain the knowledge and methodological tools to understand, evaluate, and implement educational programs and policies in communities across the country and around the world.
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Statistics, Measurement, Assessment, and Research Technology, M.S.Ed.
Full or Part-Time | 1 year
Producing the next generation of education policy scholars and researchers by providing students with deep content knowledge, disciplinary grounding, and training in the use of rigorous, cutting-edge methods.
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Quantitative Methods, M.Phil.Ed.
Full or Part-Time | 2 years
Using advanced statistical skills and research methodology this program prepares students to conduct rigorous analysis and design randomized field trials and quasi-experiments, to contribute meaningful insights to the field of education and public policy.
Doctoral Programs
The University of Pennsylvania's Doctor of Philosophy degree prepares students to become researchers and scholars. Students use advanced research methods to collect and analyze data to transform education policy and practice.
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Education Policy, Ph.D.
Full-Time | 4 Years
Producing the next generation of education policy scholars and researchers by providing students with deep content knowledge, disciplinary grounding, and training in the use of rigorous, cutting-edge methods.
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Quantitative Methods, Ph.D.
Full-Time | 4 years
For researchers and scholars who aspire to develop and lead independent research projects and programs, whether as professors at research universities or as principal investigators and leaders at organizations that produce or fund high-quality applied research.
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Penn GSE alumni from across the academic spectrum have advised politicians, worked in the White House and the statehouse, and spurred change in our nation’s schools and universities thanks to their evidence-backed expertise in education policy.