Master's Degrees

Master's degree at GW

Columbian College master’s programs fulfill a wide range of academic and career aspirations. Students benefit from the academic rigor of a GW education and enhanced research experiences. In addition, courses are taught by faculty comprised of prominent scholars and experienced practitioners.

Current undergraduate students in Columbian College who want to pursue an advanced degree may consider a Combined Degree Program, which allows qualified students to complete a bachelor’s degree and an advanced degree simultaneously.

Featured Programs

Choose a Master's Program

By Alphabet
By Discipline

American Studies (MA)
Anatomical and Translational Sciences (MS)
Anthropology (MA)
Applied Economics (MA)
Art History (MA)
Art Therapy (MA)
Art Therapy Practice (MA)
Bioinformatics and Molecular Biochemistry (MS)
Biological Sciences (MS)
Biostatistics (MS)
Chemistry (MS)
Chinese Language and Culture (MA)
Classical Acting (MFA)
Communication Management (MA)
Crime Scene Investigation (MS)
Criminology (MA)

Data Science (MS)
Decorative Arts and Design History (MA)
Digital Forensics (MS)
English (MA)
Environmental and Green Chemistry (MS)
Environmental Resource Policy (MA)
Exhibition Design (MA)
Fine Arts (MFA)
Forensic Chemistry (MFS)
Forensic Molecular Biology (MFS)
Forensic Psychology (MA)

Geography (MS)
Global Communication (MA)
History (MA)
Interaction Design (MA)
Interior Architecture (MFA)
Islamic Studies (MA)

Leadership Education and Development (MA)
Legal Institutions and Theory (MA)

Mathematics (MA, MS)
Media and Strategic Communication (MA)
Museum Studies (MA)
New Media Photojournalism (MA)
Organizational Sciences (MA)

Philosophy (MA)
Philosophy and Social Policy (MA)
Physics (MS)
Political Science (MA)
Production Design (MFA)
Public Administration (MPA)
Public Policy (MPP)

Sociology (MA)
Speech-Language Pathology (MA)
Statistics (MS)
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (MA)
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - Public Policy (MA)

Art History (MA)
Classical Acting (MFA)
Decorative Arts and Design History (MA)
Exhibition Design (MA)
Fine Arts (MFA)
Interaction Design (MA)
Interior Architecture (MFA)
Museum Studies (MA)
New Media Photojournalism (MA)
Production Design (MFA)

Clinical Programs

Art Therapy (MA)
Art Therapy Practice (MA)
Speech-Language Pathology (MA)

Forensic Sciences

Crime Scene Investigation (MS)
Forensic Chemistry (MFS)
Forensic Molecular Biology (MFS)
Forensic Psychology (MA)

American Studies (MA)
Chinese Language and Culture (MA)
English (MA)
History (MA)
Islamic Studies (MA)
Philosophy (MA)
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (MA)

Mathematics & Statistical Analysis

Applied Economics (MA)
Biostatistics (MS)
Data Science (MS)
Mathematics (MA, MS)
Statistics (MS)

Natural Sciences

Anatomical and Translational Sciences (MS)
Bioinformatics and Molecular Biochemistry (MS)
Biological Sciences (MS)
Chemistry (MS)
Environmental and Green Chemistry (MS)
Physics (MS)

Policy & Administration

Environmental Resource Policy (MA)
Legal Institutions and Theory (MA)
Philosophy and Social Policy (MA)
Political Science (MA)
Public Administration (MPA)
Public Policy (MPP)
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - Public Policy (MA)

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Anthropology (MA)
Communication Management (MA)
Criminology (MA)
Forensic Psychology (MA)
Geography (MS)
Leadership Education and Development (MA)
Media and Strategic Communication (MA)
Organizational Sciences (MA)
Political Science (MA)
Sociology (MA)

Request Program Information

Forrest Miller

Forrest Miller

MA '13, Environmental Resource Policy

"I felt that my program did an excellent job of incorporating the most applicable subject matter into a two-year program. I liked that students are given flexibility to focus the degree to their personal career path through electives. Being in D.C. provided excellent opportunities to get involved with federal agencies, nonprofits and other organizations."