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Customize your online 36-credit master’s degree based on your interests and career goals. The program can be completed in three semesters.

Connect with Your Advisor

Your personal enrollment advisor is ready to help you navigate the application process, customize your program to meet your goals, explore options for financing your education, and connect with current students, alumni, and faculty. Connect with your enrollment advisor.

Duration

You can study full time or part time and adjust your course load from semester to semester as needed. Full-time students will complete the program in three semesters; part-time students can take between two and five years to graduate.

Professional Experience before You Graduate

You will engage with key research and theory in the field and partner with professionals throughout your program. Through informational interviews, guest speakers, events, and alumni networking, you will gain deeper perspectives of international education. In project-based courses, you will work closely with professors and international education organizations on real-world consulting projects, including marketing, recruiting, program design, and assessment. You’ll also develop a website to showcase your work and build technical skills like budgeting and survey design. Electives help customize your studies to your professional interests.

“I have enjoyed working with MIIS students on various strategic projects over the past few years. These projects have been rewarding to Arcadia Abroad and both professionally and personally rewarding for me. I’ve been deeply impressed by the level of professionalism and enthusiasm demonstrated by each and every student.” – Adam Rubin (Director, Institutional Relations and Enrollment Management, Arcadia Abroad)

Thesis or Practicum

You may conduct original research for a required thesis on an international education topic of your choosing.

Alternatively, you may gain professional experience through the practicum, working with study abroad programs, colleges and universities, youth exchange programs, ESL or language programs, and government agencies around the world.

Many students leverage the thesis or practicum for career advancement. Learn more.

Peace Corps Connections

Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) are encouraged to apply for the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program, earning them a guaranteed scholarship.

You can integrate Peace Corps service into your degree through our Options for Peace Corps Service, earning yourself a 50 percent tuition scholarship for your final semester.