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Master's Degrees

West Virginia University's online graduate degrees are designed to deepen your expertise and enhance your professional skills, preparing you for advanced roles in your field.
John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Business Cybersecurity Management, M.S.

Master's Degree
Designed to equip motivated students with the toolkit to engage, lead, and own the cybersecurity business career path, where professionals are in demand.
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Overview Curriculum Video: National Leader in Cybersecurity Admissions Events Admissions Requirements and Eligibility Admissions Process and How to Apply Tuition, Fees and Financial Aid Careers and Employment
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John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Business Data Analytics, M.S.

Master's Degree
Graduates are qualified to answer the industry’s growing demand for a skilled pool of professionals who can apply data science to solve business challenges.
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Two business data analytics professionals review data of jobs in West Virginia

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Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Communication Studies, M.A.

Master's Degree
Students will learn strategies to navigate organizational networks effectively, manage workplace conflict, evaluate workplace programming, and influence clients, coworkers, and administrators across diverse audiences.
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College of Applied Human Sciences

Counseling, M.S. with an Emphasis in Clinical Mental Health

Master's Degree
The clinical mental health counseling specialization prepares students in individual and group counseling with a diverse population across a wide scope of developmental stages and backgrounds in various community settings.
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College of Creative Arts and Media

Data Marketing Communications, M.S.

Master's Degree
Work with industry leaders to acquire skills focusing on the strategic use of data to better understand audience habits and motivations to create engaging and effective marketing communications.
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College of Creative Arts and Media

Digital Marketing Communications, M.S.

Master's Degree
This program gives you the strategy and skills to use existing and emerging media channels to reach audiences by building dialogue and community around a brand or organization and providing long-term value.
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John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Economics, M.S.

Master's Degree
Graduates of this online program are high-level quantitative economists with the ability to analyze complex policy issues using modern data analysis and econometric methods.
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Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Engineering Management, M.S.

Master's Degree
Develop the leadership skills necessary to address contemporary professional challenges and create solutions to complex operational problems related to large engineering projects.
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College of Applied Human Sciences

Executive Sport Management, M.S.

Master's Degree
Go behind the scenes of the sport industry equipped with skills in leadership and management, sport marketing and finance, critical thinking, and problem solving.
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John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Forensic and Fraud Examination M.S.

Master's Degree
Learn how to use real-world experience and an interdisciplinary skill set which covers business, law, cost accounting, taxation, and data technology to uncover and prove financial crimes by businesses and employees.
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College of Creative Arts and Media

Game Design, M.A.

Master's Degree
For emerging game designers who would like to expand and build upon their conceptual, technical, and project management skills, as well as to further their professional credentials and portfolio.
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Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis, M.S.

Master's Degree
Become professionally trained in geospatial technologies through a program that incorporates predictive modeling, spatial hydrology, remote sensing, data science and analytics, and more.
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John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Healthcare MBA

Master's Degree
Take on leadership roles in the healthcare industry by learning to manage diverse teams, successfully navigate the business of healthcare, lead across challenging transitions, and provide innovative solutions.
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John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Human Resource Leadership, M.S.

Master's Degree
Graduates of this program possess advanced professional knowledge, data-driven decision-making skills, and leadership capabilities, giving them the ability to create company culture that fosters growth and innovation.
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Overview Curriculum Video: Why Choose the HRL Program? Admissions Events Admissions Requirements and Eligibility Admissions Process and How to Apply Tuition, Fees and Financial Aid Careers and Employment
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College of Creative Arts and Media

Integrated Marketing Communications, M.S.

Master's Degree
A flexible program that allows you to create your ideal educational experience, with more than 25 electives to choose from and specializations in areas such as digital and social media and creative strategy.
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Overview Curriculum Video: The IMC Student Experience Admissions Events Admissions Requirements and Eligibility Admissions Process and How to Apply Tuition, Fees and Financial Aid Careers and Employment
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College of Applied Human Sciences

Literacy Education M.A. with Reading Specialist Certification

Master's Degree
A professional graduate program that leads to pre-K through adult reading specialist certification in West Virginia.
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John Chambers College of Business and Economics

M.S. in AI Marketing

Master's Degree
This program addresses a critical gap by bridging marketing education with the growing demand for AI expertise in the workforce. You will be equipped will the skills to use AI applications in core marketing functions such as social media, professional selling, communications, and promotions.
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John Chambers College of Business and Economics

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Master's Degree
Accredited, affordable and unique, this Carnegie Research Level 1 (R1) MBA program is forging new paths for students via experiential learning projects, consultative engagements and entrepreneurial thinking.
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Overview Curriculum Video: Why Pursue an MBA? Admissions Events Admissions Requirements and Eligibility Admissions Process and How to Apply Tuition, Fees and Financial Aid Careers and Employment
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School of Public Health

Master of Health Administration

Master's Degree
This program works to equip graduates with the skills and insight needed to lead in a variety of healthcare settings with a focus on the organization, delivery and management of healthcare and public health systems and services.
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School of Public Health

Master of Public Health – Health Practice and Leadership

Master's Degree
The MPH degree with an emphasis in Public Health Practice and Leadership (PHPL) is focused on examining social and political systems that impact the health status of populations and learning how to influence and/or design, implement, and manage broad, system-level instruments to improve population health outcomes.
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School of Nursing

Master of Science in Nursing

Master's Degree
Baccalaureate-prepared nurses can earn a master's degree on a part-time or full-time basis with a specialty in Family Nurse Practitioner.
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Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Master of Science in Software Engineering, M.S.S.E.

Master's Degree
Graduates will develop an understanding of the design, development, and management processes of advanced software applications and systems, including how to identify and analyze user and client needs and implement software-based solutions.
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Two women collaborate on a software engineering project in a lab at WVU's Statler College

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Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Midstream Petroleum Engineering, M.S.

Master's Degree
With the midstream petroleum engineering program, you'll be prepared to be at the heart of the action, managing the vital processes that transport, store, and distribute oil and gas resources.
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College of Creative Arts and Media

Music Business and Industry, M.A.

Master's Degree
This program features an integrated and methodical approach to understanding music industry systems and commercial practices, as well as awareness of new regulations, income streams, and business models.
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College of Applied Human Sciences

Physical Education Teacher Education, M.S.

Master's Degree
This program helps teachers develop the necessary skills to design and implement comprehensive school activity programs, creating evidence-based curriculum and instructional models in physical education and sport.
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School of Public Health

Population Health, M.S.

Master's Degree
This program prepares students for a variety of population-oriented leadership, clinical, and research-oriented positions in both healthcare and public health organizations.
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Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Safety Management, M.S.

Master's Degree
Graduates have the skills to help companies follow state and federal regulations, while designing programs to prevent disease, injury, or damage to the environment.
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Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Social Work MSW - Advanced Standing

Master's Degree
Graduates will be be well-rounded advanced practitioners who can respond to the complex realities of practice in a variety of roles and settings, with a particular emphasis on effective models of rural service delivery.
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Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Social Work MSW - Regular Standing

Master's Degree
Students who hold a bachelor’s degree that is not in social work may pursue the Regular Standing online degree plan option on a part-time basis only, in order to become advanced integrated practice social workers.
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College of Applied Human Sciences

Special Education, M.A.

Master's Degree
This program is designed to prepare professional educators to work with children and adolescents with mild/moderate disabilities including learning disabilities, emotional/behavior disorders, autism, and intellectual disabilities.
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School of Medicine

Speech-Language Pathology, M.S.

Master's Degree
Speech-Language Pathology provides aspiring professionals the competence to diagnose and treat the full range of communicative disorders in all age groups through experiential learning.
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College of Applied Human Sciences

Sport Coaching, M.S.

Master's Degree
This graduate program gives you the skills and knowledge to adapt to contemporary demands in the coaching profession by applying the latest recommendations for best practice to your own coaching.
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