MS in Higher Education/Student Services

Earning your Master of Science in Higher Education online at Kaplan University is by far the most convenient way to advance your career in postsecondary education institutions, such as universities, colleges, community colleges, and technical and vocational schools, while receiving high-quality instruction.

The Master of Science in Higher Education offers you a quality, comprehensive, 100 percent online program. Our distinguished faculty take an active interest in your background and career goals, and help guide you through the program. Completion of the program will help maximize your career choices and strengthen your knowledge and skills as a practitioner of higher education.

Since many professionals in higher education go on to pursue doctoral degrees, a program goal is that learn you learn to think, research, and write with the sophistication of a higher education scholar. Your ideas will become more refined, and your administrative philosophies more enlightened.

You'll graduate with the practical and academic knowledge and skills it takes to achieve great things in the real world. Currently, there are two degree specializations available: student services and college teaching and learning. The student services specialization includes hands-on training through two internship experiences. This specialization meets the standards of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) for graduate programs in student affairs and the standards of the Professional Preparation Commission of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). In either specialization, you may elect to complete a thesis as the program's culminating experience or choose from two additional courses that will enhance your knowledge and practical skills.

Student Services Specialization: Prepares you for leadership positions at colleges, community colleges, universities, and technical and vocational centers; including dean; department chair; and director of admissions, financial aid, enrollment, housing, student associations, and student services.