Universities are becoming ever more competitive as they seek out potential online master’s students. Master’s students can be ideal distance learners: they tend to be highly motivated, and they usually have the maturity needed to monitor their own attendance and effort. Accordingly, at many online colleges, more degrees are available at the graduate level than any other.

Many online master’s programs cater to the schedules of busy professionals. They make earning a master’s degree as convenient as possible by offering various program lengths, 24/7 course access, and weekends-only formats. If you devote a few hours to researching different online master’s programs, you’ll probably come across several options that fit your needs.

The accredited schools listed below are among the many offering online master’s degrees.

• Academy of Art University
• Auburn University
• Boise State University
• Boston University
• Bowling Green State University
• Central Michigan University
• Chicago School of Professional Psychology
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
• City University of Seattle Online
• Clemson University
• Colorado State University Global Campus
• Cornell University
• DePaul University
• DeVry University
• Drexel University
• Eastern Michigan University
• Fashion Institute of Technology
• Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
• George Washington University
• Golden Gate University
• Harvard University
• Hofstra University Online
• Indiana Wesleyan
• Jones International University
• Kent State University
• Lehigh University
• Minnesota School of Business Online
• North Carolina State University
• Northwestern University
• Northwest Missouri State University
• Oregon State University
• Penn State Online
• Polytechnic Institute of New York University
• Portland State University
• Southern Illinois University Online
• Southern Methodist University
• Texas A&M University
• University of Alabama-Birmingham
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Delaware
• University of Denver
• University of Florida Online
• University of Illinois-Chicago
• University of Maryland-Baltimore County
• University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• University of Nebraska
• University of Nevada at Las Vegas
• University of New England
• University of Phoenix
• Vanderbilt University
• Virginia Tech
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute