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221 Master's degrees offered by the university
Astronomy
Astronomy graduates at Boston University presents directed research to a committee of faculty members and to a scientific audience.
Medical Sciences and Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine
This program in Medical Sciences and Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine at Boston University offers students an opportunity to combine a broad-based program in Medical Sciences with professional study in Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine, including a strong academic foundation in neuroscience. Completion of the program earns students two master’s degrees.
Sociology
The Master of Arts in Sociology program at Boston University prepares students broadly in the basic skills used by a sociologist. Our goal is to provide advanced training beyond the undergraduate level for work as an applied social scientist outside of academic life, as in government administrative jobs or research departments or community programs.
Deaf Education
The Deaf Education program within Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development prepares graduate students for initial licensure in Massachusetts as a Teacher of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing for all levels.
Nutrition and Metabolism
Nutrition and Metabolism is an interdisciplinary graduate program based at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
World Language Education
Boston University's Master of Education (EdM) in World Language Education provides advanced study for practicing educators who already hold teaching licensure (Advancing Educators) and for pre-service educators aspiring to teach in adult, international, or private school settings (Aspiring Educators).
English
The Master of Arts in English program at Boston University provides comprehensive training in all areas of literary studies in English.
Oral Biology
The Oral Biology program at Boston University is designated for students who wish educational experience in the oral biological sciences.
Biology
The goal of the Biology Department master’s program at Boston University is to train students at an advanced level in one of three broad subfields within modern biology: cellular and molecular biology; neurobiology; and ecology, behavior, evolution, and marine biology.
Arts Administration
The Arts Administration degree program at Boston University is designed for students who wish to pursue careers in visual arts, performing arts, and arts service organizations in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
Music Theory
The Master of Arts in Music Theory program at Boston University is designed for students seeking to acquire a secure foundation in scholarly music theory prior to entering doctoral study.
Mathematics Education
The Master of Arts in Teaching Program of Mathematics Education at Boston University is designed for graduates who wish to teach in middle or secondary schools, have not completed a teaching licensure program, and majored in mathematics or who have taken a minimum of six mathematics courses beyond Calculus I.
Mathematical Finance and Financial Technology
The MS in Mathematical Finance and Financial Technology at Boston University is a full-time, three-semester, 39-credit program with a common core during the first semester. In the two remaining semesters, students have the choice to concentrate in Asset Management, Quantitative Analytics, Risk Management, or Analytics & Research.
American Law
The LLM in American Law Program is specifically designed to prepare foreign-trained lawyers for the challenge of global practice. In this program, students are fully integrated into Boston University Law’s JD classes, where they sit side-by-side with American students being trained in the tradition of US legal education.
Finance
Boston University's Finance students have a unique opportunity to spend their entire third year (fall and spring semesters) enrolled as full-time LLM students at the Institute for Law and Finance in Frankfurt, Germany (ILF), in pursuit of an LLM in Finance degree from Goethe University, one of Europe’s most acclaimed institutions for higher education.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Boston University is at least one year in duration and does not involve participation in oral and maxillofacial surgery clinical care.
Construction Management and Technology
The Master of Science (MS) in Construction Management and Technology at Boston University is a 32-unit program designed to prepare professionals for senior leadership roles in the built environment and infrastructure industries.
Public Health and Social Work
The Public Health and Social Work dual degree program at Boston University is a 100-credit course of study leading to the award of both the Master of Social Work and the Master of Public Health.
Law and Public Health
Boston University offers highly motivated students a unique opportunity to combine professional training in law and public health through this Law and Public Health degree program offered by the School of Law (LAW) and the School of Public Health (SPH).
Public Health
Boston University offers highly motivated students a unique opportunity to combine professional training in law and public health through this dual degree program offered by the School of Law (LAW) and the School of Public Health (SPH).