Become a leader in your profession and in your community through the School of Graduate Studies at Salem State. Your graduate experience and the degree you earn will help you reach your goals.
We prepare you professionally and challenge you academically. Apply what you learn in the classroom to your job and develop professional networks with faculty and area workplaces. Create valuable academic experiences through original research and scholarship. Build learning communities with fellow classmates who have varied professional and educational backgrounds.
Best of all, you can graduate with little to no educational debt. If needed, financial aid and graduate assistantship opportunities are available.
We offer master's degrees, graduate certificates, educator licensure programs, and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) in Education. Each of our graduate programs develops the professional competencies needed to advance your career.
Visit graduate admissions to learn how to join our dynamic learning community.
Graduate Programs
- Early Childhood Education (MEd)
- Elementary Education (MEd)
- English (MAT)
- English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) (MAT)
- Higher Education in Student Affairs (MEd)
- History (MAT)
- Library Media Studies (MEd)
- Mathematics (MAT)
- Reading (MEd)
- School Adjustment Counseling (MEd)
- School Counseling (MEd)
- Spanish (MAT)
- Special Education (MEd)
Education - Licensure Only Programs
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Business
- Counseling
- Digital Studies
- Educational Leadership
- Geo-Information Science
- Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- Nursing Education
- Public History
- Public Policy and Administration
- Sport Development and Management
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Teacher Leadership
- Writing and Rhetoric
We are working remotely, but we are in touch
We are just a phone call away! From Monday through Thursday of the fall 2020 semester, the School of Graduate Studies has dedicated office hours for taking your call. Email graduate@salemstate.edu and we will respond within one working day.
Monday Office Hours
- 10-11 am | Assistant director, Julian Brown-Myers 978.542.6322
- 1-3 pm | Program specialist Maryann Bartlett at 978.542.6324
- 2:30-4:30 pm | Program specialist Keli Rau at 978.542.7240
Tuesday Office Hours
- 2-3 pm | Assistant director, Julian Brown-Myers 978.542.6322
Wednesday Office Hours
- 11 am-noon | Assistant director, Julian Brown-Myers 978.542.6322
- 1-3 pm | Program specialist Maryann Bartlett at 978.542.6324
- 2:30-4:30 pm | Program specialist Keli Rau at 978.542.7240
Thursday Office Hours
- 10 am-noon | Program specialist Jeremy Bubier at 978.542.2229
- 1-2 pm | Assistant director, Julian Brown-Myers 978.542.6322
- 2-4 pm | Program specialist Jeremy Bubier at 978.542.2229
Mailing Address
- Salem State University
School of Graduate Studies
352 Lafayette Street
Salem, MA 01970