Degree	For...	Specialization
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)	Aspiring researchers	Higher Education; Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development (LCID); 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 (no longer admitting new students); Special Education; 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	Adult and Continuing Education; College Student Affairs; Counseling Psychology; Dance Education; Early Childhood/Elementary Education; Educational Administration, and Supervision; Education, Culture and Society; Educational Statistics, Measurement, and Evaluation; Language Education; Learning, Cognition, and Development; Literacy Education; Mathematics Education; Science Education; Social and Philosophical Foundations (no longer admitting new students); 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-6); English Education; Language Education: English as a Second Language; Language Education: Teacher of World Languages; Mathematics Education; Science Education: Biological Science; Science Education: Physical Science and/or 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 (Supervisor, Principal); Reading Specialist with Supervisor; School Counseling; Special Education/ Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultant (LDT-C); Teacher of Students with Disabilities (TOSD)
Combined Five-Year B.A./B.S./Ed.M. programs with state certification	Rutgers undergraduates who wish to pursue New Jersey teacher certification	Dance Education; Early Childhood (P-3) and Elementary Education (K-6); Elementary Education (K-6) with Subject Matter Specialization (5-8); English as a Second Language (ESL) Education; English Education; Language Education; Mathematics Education; Science Education: Biological Science; Science Education: Physical Science and/or Physics Education; Environmental and Biological Science Education: Agricultural or Biological Science; Environmental and Biological Science Education: Physical Science; Social Studies Education; Special Education and Elementary Education
Nondegree state certification programs	Practitioners who wish to earn a state license in a given field without earning a degree	Bilingual/Bicultural Education; English as a Second Language; Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant (LDT-C); Early Childhood Education; Principal, Reading Specialist; Special Education, Supervisor; School Administrator
Nondegree skill development programs	Practitioners who wish to develop additional expertise in a specific area	Educational Technology; Gifted Education; Infant/Early Childhood Specialist; Higher Education Teaching; Adult Literacy and ESL; Human Resources Development
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 one minor with five optional tracks: Educational Policy and Social Justice; Creativity and Play; Global Education; Exceptional Learners; General Studies