Who Edits Online Masters in Education?
Zoe MacDougall holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Washington and is the founder and editor of Online Masters in Education.
The site is published by Savo Media Group. Every ranking rests on federal records and on each school's own pages, so a reader can check a figure without trusting the editor's word for it.
What Do We Rank, and What Do We Leave Out?
We do two things and leave out the rest: we rank fully online master's in education programs on two federal figures, and we describe each program from its own school's pages. The rankings cover 1,771 ranked programs from 667 schools, in a national list and 15 specialty lists, and it adds guides to licensing, careers and pay.
The site does:
- Rank programs on master's degrees awarded and on graduate tuition and fees, and show the figures on every card.
- Link each program to its school's own page and to the school's federal record, so a reader can check the card.
- Explain, state by state, what a teacher or administrator who studies online needs to be licensed where they live.
The site does not:
- Judge teaching quality, graduate outcomes or a school's reputation. The two federal figures it scores say nothing about them.
- Take applications or enroll students on a school's behalf.
- Promise that a state will license a program's graduates. That decision belongs to the state's education agency.
- Rank hybrid or on-campus programs. They are counted on the pages and left off the lists.
How Are Online Master's in Education Programs Researched?
Online master's in education programs are researched in two passes, one on federal data and one on the program's own pages. The first pass reads 5,943 master's programs at 1,180 schools from IPEDS, and the second reads each program's page to learn how the degree is delivered and what it covers. The records were read on October 6, 2026.
| Source | What It Supplies | Where It Appears |
|---|---|---|
| IPEDS completions | Master's degrees each program awarded in its latest reported year, and the federal classification it is filed under | Every ranking, as the degrees-awarded half of the score |
| IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, 2023-24 | Graduate tuition and required fees for a full-time year, in state and out of state | Every ranking, as the cost half of the score, and each card |
| Each program's own pages | The degree name, how it is delivered, concentrations, any campus requirement and whether it leads to a license | The description on each card, and the test for fully online |
| College Navigator | The school's own federal record, found by its IPEDS identification number | A link on every card |
| BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics | Wages and employment for the education occupations | The careers and salaries pages |
| State education agencies | Each state's rules for licensing a teacher or administrator | The licensure guides |
A program is ranked only when it has a researched description built from the program's own pages and that research is not rated low confidence. A program whose delivery is not clearly described stays off the lists rather than being guessed at. The methodology page lists each test, including the one that decides what counts as fully online. The careers and salaries pages draw on federal wage data for 8 education occupations.
Do Schools Pay to Be Ranked on Online Masters in Education?
Schools do not pay to be ranked on Online Masters in Education, and no payment changes a score or a position. A program's place on a list is set by the two federal figures and by nothing the school can buy.
Should the site one day carry sponsored listings, each will be marked as sponsored and shown apart from the ranked cards. The privacy policy and the terms of use cover how the site handles your data and how it may be used.
How Do You Send a Correction to Online Masters in Education?
To send a correction to Online Masters in Education, email hello@savomediagroup.com with the program's name, the page it appears on and what you believe is wrong. A school's federal record is one click from each card through College Navigator, which is the quickest way to check a figure first.
A correction that the school's own page or a federal record supports is made on the page, and the page's last-updated date moves with the change. If a program has closed to applicants, say so and it is removed from every list. A disagreement with a ranking itself is a different matter: the score is the same formula for every program, so the answer to it is on the methodology page and the order does not change by request.