Master of Arts in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education Concentration Online
Help adult learners achieve their educational and professional goals. Our curriculum explores proven methods for adult education and provides opportunities for you to build relevant practical experience.
Program Overview
Positively impact your community with this Master of Arts in adult education online program
The online Master of Arts in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education Concentration program offers an accelerated pathway to advanced career opportunities. Course work is offered 100% online and taught by expert faculty with decades of experience contributing research to the field of adult education.
Deepen your knowledge of adult learners, instructional design for continuing education, and adult cognitive and psychosocial development. The curriculum for this Master of Arts in adult education program includes an internship component that empowers you with hands-on practice and prepares you for leading roles in fields ranging from community-based education to corporate training.
As a student of this Master of Arts in adult education online program, you will learn how to:
- Assess educational and related needs
- Design, implement, manage, and evaluate educational programs
- Structure collaborative and participatory educational programs
- Understand and apply relevant theories in practical settings
- Design and conduct practical research to enhance educational program effectiveness
- Model excellence in learning, leadership, and community networking
- Assess educational and related needs
- Design, implement, manage, and evaluate educational programs
- Structure collaborative and participatory educational programs
- Understand and apply relevant theories in practical settings
- Design and conduct practical research to enhance educational program effectiveness
- Model excellence in learning, leadership, and community networking
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Tuition
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Tuition for the M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education online program is affordable and paid by the course, so you can achieve your academic goals while remaining within your budget.
Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program |
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M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education | $499 | $1,497 | $14,970* |
*Tuition and fees are subject to change by legislative or Board of Regents action; changes become effective on the date of enactment. For more information, please visit https://onestop.txst.edu/cost-payments/cost-attendance.html.
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Calendar
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The Texas State M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education is delivered in a convenient online learning format that offers maximum flexibility for working adults like you. Choose the start date that fits your goals.
Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
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Spring 1 2025 | 1/13/25 | 12/30/24 | 1/6/25 | 1/13/25 | 1/13/25 | 3/3/25 | 8 weeks |
Spring 2 2025 | 3/4/25 | 2/18/25 | 2/25/25 | 3/4/25 | 3/4/25 | 5/7/25 | 8 weeks |
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Admissions
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Apply to the online M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education program quickly and easily with our streamlined admission process. Review the admission requirements below and take the next step toward your professional goals.
To be eligible to earn your M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education online from Texas State University, you must have the following:
- Completed online application
- Nonrefundable application fee of $55
- Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
- Copy of official transcripts from all institutions where course credit was granted
- Minimum 2.75 GPA overall or 2.75 GPA in your last 60 hours of undergraduate course work (plus any completed graduate courses)
- Writing sample limited to 300 words
- A statement of purpose that addresses your reasons for choosing the program, your area of study, your relevant experiences, your career goals, and the attributes that will make you successful in the program
- Approved English proficiency exam score:
- Applicants are required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements below unless they have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a country on our exempt countries list.
- Official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall
- Official PTE scores required with a 52 overall
- Official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
- Official Duolingo Scores required with a 110 overall
- Official TOEFL Essentials scores required with an 8.5 overall
- Applicants are required to submit an approved English proficiency exam score that meets the minimum program requirements below unless they have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or the equivalent from a country on our exempt countries list.
You have the opportunity to upload copies of your official transcripts during the application process (not print-outs, grade reports, advising transcripts or transcripts stamped "unofficial"). You can accomplish this by ordering or requesting your official transcripts from your university registrar, opening the documents, and scanning them into one PDF file. Please follow the instructions below when uploading your documents:
- Redact your social security number every time it appears, but do not make additional alterations
- Include front pages and back pages as well as the transcript legend
- Combine multiple pages and/or multiple transcripts into one PDF
- Arrange all pages in the correct order
- Remove any encryption/password protections
Electronic transcripts can be sent to Texas State University graduate admissions at [email protected].
Official transcripts can be mailed to:
Texas State University
Graduate Admissions
429 N. Guadalupe St.
San Marcos, TX 78666-4684
Admission Requirements
- Minimum 2.75 GPA
- No GRE required
- Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university
Courses
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To graduate from the M.A. in Adult, Professional, and Community Education – Workplace, Community, and Continuing Education online degree program, you must complete a total of 30 credit hours, including 18 credit hours of core courses and 12 credit hours of concentration courses.
Students must take the following courses:
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