Since higher education has gone high-tech, colleges and universities are offering plenty of high-quality online degree programs in education and teaching. Although some programs require an in-person teaching internship, others can be earned entirely online. Many are designed with a traditional teacher’s schedule in mind and are offered in a summers-only format, and others offer 24/7 course access.
The accredited education and teaching colleges listed below provide a good overview of online opportunities. Since public school teaching requirements vary by state, it’s important to also make sure that online education and teaching programs you’re considering meet the criteria for wherever you’d like to work.

• Drexel University features an online Bachelor of Science in Education degree program and offers a variety of master’s degrees and certificates in education.
• Boston University awards online master’s degrees in art education and music education. The art education program includes an optional on-campus studio component.
• Michigan State University awards distance learning master’s degrees in: education; educational technology; higher, adult and lifelong education; and teaching and curriculum.
• Montana State University has a distance learning program that leads to the Master of Science in Science Education.
• Pennsylvania State University has an online program leading to the Master of Education in Earth Sciences.
• Teacher Education University offers 100% online programs leading to the following degrees: Master of Arts in Education – Concentration in Instructional Strategies; Master of Arts in Educational Leadership; Master of Arts in Educational Technology; and Master of Arts in Elementary Education.
• The University of Atlanta has an online Master of Arts in Educational Leadership degree program.
• The University of Georgia has an online master’s degree program in adult education.
• The University of Illinois offers online training for the master’s of education with emphases in diversity and equity issues in education, educational leadership and policy, and new learning and new literacies.
• The University of Massachusetts Online features a special hands-on distance learning program for science teachers at the graduate level.
• The University of North Carolina has an interactive online professional degree program for elementary, middle, and secondary school art teachers.
• The University of Phoenix awards online associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in administration, curriculum, education, and instruction.
• The University of Wisconsin has a two-year online program leading to the Master of Science in Educational Psychology.
• Utah State University has an online Master of Education program with several concentrations.
• William Howard Taft University awards an online master’s and an online doctorate in education.