Programs

Explore our 35+ graduate program options!

• Doctoral or masters degrees, post master’s programs, administrative licenses, certificates

• Spanning a wide array of disciplines

• Regionally accredited programs led by an award-winning faculty

Contact us if you have any questions or would like an advising appointment!

• Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP    Online and hybrid courses
• Educational Leadership and Policy: The Superintendency, Ed.D.    Criminal background check required

• Applied Biotechnology, MS    100% online only, so no visa option   ++
• Athletic Training, MSAT
• Biology, MS
• Business Administration, MBA – Executive Path
• Business Administration, MBA – Professional Path   Classroom or 100% online options 
• Cybersecurity, MS    100% online only, so no visa option  ++
• Data Science, MS      100% online only, so no visa option  ++
• Educational Leadership and Policy, MS
• English, MA
• Human Services Leadership, MS    100% online only, so no visa option ++
• Information Technology Management, MS    100% online only, so no visa option ++
• Literacy, MSE    Criminal background check required
• Mathematics Education, MS
• Nursing, MSN  Clinical Nurse Leader or Nursing Educator emphases    100% online, so no visa option  ++
• Professional Counseling MSE     Criminal background check required
• Professional Science, MS
• Psychology, MS
• Public Administration, MPA    On-campus/weekends option 
• Public Administration, MPA    100% online only, so no visa option ++
• Social Work MSW
• Special Education and Early Childhood, MSE
• Sustainable Management, MS    100% online, so no visa option ++
• Teaching and Learning, MSE      Criminal background check required. Previously called Curriculum & Instruction, MSE.

• • Applied Biotechnology:  Bioinformatics Certificate    100% online, so no visa option ++
  • Business Administration:  Business Skills Certificate
  • Business Administration:  Data Analytics Certificate
  • Data Science:  Data Science Certificate    100% online, so no visa option ++
  • Educational Leadership & Policy:  Athletics Leadership and Sports Management Certificate
  • Educational Leadership & Policy:  Director of Instruction Administrative License Certificate
  • Educational Leadership & Policy:  Leadership for Postsecondary, Technical and Adult Education Certificate
  • Educational Leadership & Policy:  Leadership for Social Justice Certificate
  • Educational Leadership & Policy:  PK-12 Principal Administrative License Certificate    Criminal background check required
  • Educational Leadership & Policy:  Post-baccalaureate Library Media Specialist Certificate    Criminal background check required
  • English:  Creative Writing Certificate
  • Human Services Leadership:  Graduate Advanced Certificate    100% online, so no visa option ++
  • Literacy & Language:  Bilingual Reading Teacher License (Wisconsin License 316)    Criminal background check required
  • Literacy & Language:  Effective Writing Instruction Certificate
  • Literacy & Language:  Educational Coaching Certificate    Criminal background check required
  • Literacy & Language:  Graduate Achievement Program (GAP) offers post-master’s degree concentrated study in a specific area
  • Literacy & Language:  Literacy Coaching Certificate
  • Literacy & Language:  Literacy Leadership Certificate
  • Literacy & Language:  Reading Intervention Certificate
  • Literacy & Language:  Reading Specialist Licensure (Wisconsin License 5017)   Criminal background check required
  • Literacy & Language:  Reading Teacher License (Wisconsin License 1316)
  • Nursing:  Clinical Nurse Leader Certificate   100% online, so no visa option ++
  • Nursing:  Nurse Educator Certificate    100% online, so no visa option ++
  • Public Administration:  Healthcare Management Certificate
  • Teaching & Learning:  Classroom Assessment Certificate
  • Teaching & Learning:  Disciplinary Literacy Certificate    Criminal background check required
  • Teaching & Learning:  Math Intervention Certificate
  • Teaching & Learning:  Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate
  • Special Education:  American Sign Language and Deaf Culture Certificate
  • Special Education:  Director of Special Education and Pupil Services Licensure Certificate
  • Special Education:  K-12 Special Education Accelerated Licensure Certificate    100% online, so no visa option ++
  • Sustainable Management:  Sustainability & Well Being Certificate    100% online, so no visa option ++
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• • Notes:
    • Per WI state statute, everyone applying to an an educator preparation program MUST submit a criminal background check. Programs that require a criminal background check are labeled with Criminal background check required.
    • ++ – Due to federal visa requirements, F-1 student visas cannot be issued for programs that are 100% online only
    • A student may complete more than one type of degree (i.e. MSE and MS,  or  MBA and MA); however, we do not award multiples of the same degree (i.e. MA and another MA).  A student can be awarded the same degree from two different institutions (i.e. MBA from UW Oshkosh and an MBA from UW Milwaukee).
  • • ** We offer a number of fully online graduate distance delivery courses and graduate degree programs. Our online and distance delivery offerings are reviewed and approved by the UW System, faculty governance at UW-Oshkosh, and as part of the Higher Learning Commission’s accreditation requirements.
  • • As part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Program Integrity Regulations, UW-Oshkosh is committed to complying with the quality standards established for online and distance education established by other state agencies. Known as “State Authorizations,” these quality standards and the corresponding licensure process requires each college or university to seek authorization (or exemption) from states in which residents are enrolled in online degree programs. Click here for more information about State Authorization and Program Integrity.
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