Dr. Teresa Eagle, dean of the College of Education and Professional Development at Marshall, said the formal recognition was “wonderful.”
“We have long known how exceptional our program is,” Eagle said. “Dr. Lisa Heaton, the program director, has been a driving force behind program development and the maintenance of high quality curriculum and instruction. She and her faculty are committed to the program, providing preschool through 12th grade teachers an opportunity to hone their skills or add new ones without leaving home.”
Marshall’s College of Education and Professional Development offers online master’s degrees in elementary or secondary education with areas of emphasis in general education, early childhood education, English as a second language, math through algebra I and school library media specialist.
According to GoGrad.org, the ranking was determined using the following scoring metrics:
- Number of online graduate degrees available in related subject area
- Graduate tuition
- Availability of academic and career counseling services
- Availability of job placement services
- Value of online degree
To learn more about the GoGrad.org ranking, visit www.gograd.org/online-masters-programs/education-degree/. To learn more about Marshall’s online master’s in education program, visit www.marshall.edu/coepd.