A Masters in Education/Teaching program specializes in an area of instruction. Students in Masters in Education/Teaching programs typically have teacher licensing and endorsement as part of the requirements for finishing the program. Some areas of study for such programs are Middle Level Science, Teacher Leadership, Special Education, Secondary Language Arts and many other specific subject levels and content areas.
A Masters in Education program specializes in the general field of education. Students study the history of education, curriculum and instruction and a specialized area such as counseling, higher education, neuroscience in education or a variety of other specialized fields. Masters in Education degrees are abbreviated as M.Ed., MEd, Ed.M or M.Ed.L.
The Master of Arts degree is typically conferred upon those seeking teaching professions in the humanities fields. Students study the same topics as those pursuing a master's degree in education with the added emphasis of specialization in one of the humanities such as English, history, geography, fine arts philosophy or social sciences. Master of Arts Education degrees are abbreviated as MA Ed. or MA.
Master of Science graduate education degrees include counseling, TSOL (Teaching Speakers of Other Languages), Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction Reading, ECE (Early Childhood Education), diagnostics, licensing and any other areas that combine teaching with the social sciences. Master of Science in Education degrees are abbreviated as M.S. or MS.