Degree	For...	Specialization
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)	Aspiring researchers	Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development (L-CID); Theory, Organization, and Policy (TOP)
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) programs	Scholarly practitioners; educational leaders; change agents in PK-12, higher education, or other organizations that provide education	Design of Learning Environments; Educational Leadership; Education, Culture, and Society; Math Education; Special Education (no longer admitting new students); Teacher Leadership
Master of Education (Ed.M.) programs with no state certification	Practitioners who are already licensed or who do not wish to be; or students preparing for doctoral study	Educational Administration and Supervision; College Student Affairs; Counseling Psychology; Early Childhood/Elementary Education; Educational Statistics, Measurement, and Evaluation; Language Education; Learning, Cognition, and Development; Literacy Education; Mathematics Education; Science Education; Science and Philosophical Foundations; Social Studies Education; Special Education
Master of Education (Ed.M.) programs with state certification: postbaccalaureate teaching	Bachelor's degree holders who wish to earn a state license as a teacher, while earning a master's degree	Dance Education; Elementary Education (K-5) with Subject Matter Specialization (5-8); Elementary Education (K-5); English Education; Language Education: English as a Second Language; Foreign Language Education; Mathematics Education; Science Education: Biological Science Education, Physical Science and Physics Education; Social Studies
Master of Education (Ed.M.) programs with state certification: other	Bachelor's degree holders who wish to earn a state license as an administrator or educational services provider, while earning a master's degree	Educational Administration and Supervision; Reading Specialist; School Counseling; Special Education/ Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDTC)
Combined Five-Year B.A./B.S./Ed.M. programs	Rutgers undergraduates who wish to pursue New Jersey teacher certification	Dance Education; Elementary Education (K-5) with Subject Matter Specialization (5-8); Elementary Education (K-5) and Preschool (P-3); English Education; Language Education; Mathematics Education; Science Education: Agricultural Science Education, Biological Science Education, Physical Science and Physics Education; Social Studies Education; Special Education and Elementary Education
Nondegree certification programs	Practitioners who wish to earn a state license in a given field without earning a degree	Bilingual/Bicultural English as a Second Language; Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDTC); Preschool-Grade 3 Reading Specialist; Special Education Supervisor
Nondegree skill development programs	Practitioners who wish to develop additional expertise in a specific area	Infant/Early Childhood Specialist; Interdisciplinary Studies; Teaching Writing
Education as a social science minor	Undergraduates interested in investigating learning and teaching in a broad range of human contexts. The minor does not prepare students for a career in teaching.	There is only one minor.