Fast-track your master’s degree
Start your career stronger
At UW–Madison, our accelerated master’s programs allow you to complete your master’s in as little as one year after you complete your undergrad program — while your study skills are sharpest. You’ll enter the workforce quickly and with greater proficiency to set you apart. With over 30 program offerings, it’s easy to find your fit. Find your program and focus your future at UW–Madison.
- Complete your master’s in as little as 12–18 months, no thesis required
- Some undergraduate coursework may be counted towards your master’s, allowing you to finish even faster
- Choose from 30+ degree options that range across multiple schools and colleges
- Gain specialized skills that align with your professional and personal goals
- Increase your earning potential — people with a master’s degree earn, on average, 20% more than those with a bachelor’s degree*
*National Center for Education Statistics. (2024). Annual Earnings by Educational Attainment. Condition of Education. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved August 2024, from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cba.
Explore programs
Discover 30+ accelerated master’s programs available across the following areas:
Business & Management
Business & Management
Master’s degree
Business: Accounting & Business Analysis: Tax MS
Advance your accounting career with the Business: Accounting and Business Analysis: Tax MS program. You’ll gain in-depth tax analysis expertise alongside strong accounting and business acumen.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 05/01/25
Tuition
$900 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Face-to-face
Get ahead in accounting and financial analysis with the MS in Business: Accounting and Business Analysis program. Our curriculum is designed to put you on an accelerated path to CPA exam success.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 05/01/25
Tuition
$900 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Business: Analytics MS
Uncover insights and provide actionable recommendations in any business setting with a Master of Science Business: Analytics from UW–Madison.
Summer 2025
International deadline: 05/01/25 Deadline: 06/03/25
Tuition
$1,500 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Business: Real Estate & Urban Economics MS
Get ahead in today’s dynamic real estate industry with the Business: Real Estate & Urban Economics MS program.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 05/01/25
Tuition
$1700 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Face-to-face
Computer, Data & Information Sciences
Computer, Data & Information Sciences
Master’s degree
Data Engineering MS
Prepare for a future in big data with the Data Engineering MS. You’ll gain expertise in core data engineering concepts like algorithms, big data systems, and machine learning while exploring the relationship between data and its human impact.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 02/15/25
Tuition
$1,600 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Data Science MS
Get ahead in the dynamic field of data science with the Data Science MS program. Through a blend of theory and practice, you’ll master statistical methods, algorithms, and machine learning to extract knowledge from data and design interactive data visualizations.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 02/15/25
Tuition
$1,600 per credit
Credits
30 graduate students
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Information: Campus Option MS
Build a strong foundation in information science through the Information: Campus Option MS program. You’ll focus on data analysis and user-centered design to manage information effectively and design user-friendly information systems.
Fall 2025
Priority deadline: 02/15/25 Deadline: 03/01/25
Tuition
$1,100 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Physics: Quantum Computing MS
Master the physics behind quantum computing with the Physics: Quantum Computing MS program. You’ll be prepared for this rapidly evolving field by studying a combination of core physics and cutting-edge topics like quantum algorithms.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 03/15/25
Tuition
$1,600 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Psychology: Data Science in Human Behavior MS
Leverage the power of data to understand human behavior in the Psychology: Data Science in Human Behavior MS program. You’ll gain hands-on experience designing psychological experiments and analyzing data with advanced techniques like machine learning to extract meaningful insights from human behavior.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 03/31/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
33 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Statistics: Statistics & Data Science MS
Strengthen your statistical foundation and gain data science experience through the Statistics: Statistics & Data Science MS program. Through a combination of in-depth coursework and practical training, you’ll master statistical methods and data science computing to tackle real-world data challenges.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 02/15/25
Tuition
$1,600 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Mathematics: Foundations of Advanced Studies MA
Deepen your mathematical knowledge with the Mathematics: Foundations of Advanced Studies MA. You’ll explore advanced topics like modern algebra, numerical analysis and topology to prepare for rigorous PhD-level coursework.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 02/15/25
Tuition
Resident: $670.47 per credit
Nonresident: $1,503.40 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Economics
Economics
Master’s degree
Agricultural & Applied Economics: Professional MS
The Agricultural and Applied Economics program is accelerated, so you can finish your master’s degree in just 15 months.
Summer 2025
Deadline: 05/01/25
Tuition
$1,500 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Economics: Graduate Foundations MS
The Economics: Graduate Foundations MS program strengthens your core quantitative skills through coursework and real-world applications. You’ll build a strong foundation of analytical skills while learning to analyze data and forecast economic trends.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 03/01/25
Tuition
$2,000 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Financial Economics MS
Strengthen your quantitative toolkit with the Financial Economics MS program. You’ll learn to analyze financial markets with econometric modeling to understand the forces that shape our economy.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 03/01/25
Tuition
$2,500 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Face-to-face
Education
Education
Master’s degree
Curriculum & Instruction: Secondary Education English MS
The Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction is a dual-certification program. Gain certification to teach English at middle or high school level, along with English as a Second Language (ESL) certification.
Summer 2025
Priority deadline: 01/15/25 Deadline: 06/01/25
Tuition
Resident: $670.47 per credit
Nonresident: $1,503.40 per credit
Credits
51 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Curriculum & Instruction: Secondary Education Mathematics MS
In just 14 months, become certified to teach high school and middle school math, and ready to enrich your life, your classroom and your community.
Summer 2025
Priority deadline: 01/15/25 Deadline: 06/01/25
Tuition
Resident: $670.47 per credit
Nonresident: $1,503.40 per credit
Credits
51 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Curriculum & Instruction: Secondary Education Science MS
The Curriculum & Instruction: Secondary Education Science MS program prepares you to be a successful secondary educator. You’ll delve into practical methods for classroom management, inclusive education, and ESL instruction, while gaining a solid understanding of education policy through coursework and fieldwork.
Summer 2025
Priority deadline: 01/15/25 Deadline: 06/01/25
Tuition
Resident: $670.47 per credit
Nonresident: $1,503.40 per credit
Credits
51 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Curriculum & Instruction: Secondary Education Social Studies MS
Gain certification to teach social studies at middle or high school level, along with English as a Second Language (ESL) certification.
Summer 2025
Priority deadline: 01/15/25 Deadline: 06/01/25
Tuition
Resident: $670.47 per credit
Nonresident: $1,503.40 per credit
Credits
51 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Curriculum & Instruction: World Language Education MS
Earn a master’s degree and a PK-12 teaching license in world language education to teach language(s) (other than English) in various school and community contexts.
Summer 2025
Priority deadline: 01/15/25 Final deadline: 05/30/25
Tuition
Resident: $670.47 per credit
Nonresident: $1,503.40 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Lead the future of higher education with the Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis: Global Higher Education MS program. Through a blend of online coursework and collaboration, you’ll gain skills and knowledge to drive positive change in international education.
Fall 2025
International deadline: 03/31/25 Deadline: 07/01/25
Tuition
Resident: $670.47 per credit
Nonresident: $1,503.40 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Evening/weekend, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Special Education: Teacher Certification MS
Prepare to create supportive learning environments and effective instruction for students with disabilities in the Special Education: Teacher Certification MS program. Through a combination of coursework in inclusive practices and development and field experiences, you’ll be equipped to meet the diverse needs of all learners.
Summer 2025
Summer international deadline: 03/15/25 Deadline: 05/01/25
Tuition
Resident: $670.47 per credit
Nonresident: $1,503.40 per credit
Credits
41 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Evening/weekend, Face-to-face
Engineering
Engineering
Master’s degree
Biomedical Engineering: Accelerated Program MS
Combine the fundamentals of the biomedical sciences with advanced engineering methods. Focus your degree and choose from a variety of specializations including biomaterials and tissue engineering, biomechanics, biomedical imaging, neuroengineering and more.
Spring 2026
Deadline: 09/01/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Break into a biomedical career at the interface of engineering and business. Offered in cooperation with the School of Business, this program will advance your skills in design, prototyping, and manufacturing as well as general business fundamentals, entrepreneurship and project management.
Spring 2026
Deadline: 09/01/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Civil & Environmental Engineering: Professional MS
Benefit from a comprehensive curriculum and choose a specialization to deepen your expertise and address the world’s pressing infrastructure needs. Specializations include construction engineering and management; environmental science and engineering; geological/geotechnical engineering; structural engineering; transportation engineering; and water resources engineering.
Spring 2026
Deadline: 09/01/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Design + Innovation MS
Become an innovative leader with the Design + Innovation MS program. Through a blend of theory, hands-on projects, and courses, you’ll master advanced design thinking methodologies to bring innovative ideas to life.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 02/01/25
Tuition
$1,600 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
In the Electrical & Computer Engineering: Machine Learning & Signal Processing MS program, you’ll delve into topics that help you tackle real-world problems in information processing and apply data-driven innovation to cutting-edge technology.
Fall 2026
Deadline: 12/15/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Electrical & Computer Engineering: Professional MS
Elevate your career and gain practical skills in diverse areas of electrical and computer engineering. Specialize in one of nine areas including semiconductors, networking and security, computer architecture, power electronics and more.
Fall 2026
Deadline: 12/15/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Engineering Mechanics: Aerospace Engineering MS
Advance your career in aerospace engineering with the Engineering Mechanics: Aerospace Engineering MS program. Through coursework and projects, you’ll gain expertise to push innovation in the aerospace industry.
Spring 2026
Deadline: 09/01/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Apply engineering to improve healthcare with the Industrial Engineering: Human Factors & Health Systems Engineering MS program. You’ll develop skills in health system analysis and human factors design to make a lasting impact on health care.
Spring 2026
Deadline: 09/01/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Industrial Engineering: Systems Engineering & Analytics MS
Be prepared to meet the strong market demand for engineers who have mastered analytical tools and can transform data into insights. You’ll gain expertise in optimization models and methods, applied industrial analytics, simulation modeling, and analysis.
Spring 2026
Deadline: 09/01/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Materials Science & Engineering: Materials Engineering MS
Push the boundaries of materials science with the Materials Science & Engineering: Materials Engineering program. Delve into cutting-edge topics like nanomaterials, artificial intelligence and semiconductor design to engineer the future.
Summer 2026
Deadline: 12/15/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master’s degree
Mechanical Engineering: Accelerated Program MS
Fast-track your mechanical engineering career. Through this intensive program you’ll learn about core areas such as: Biomechanics, computation and data-driven engineering, energy systems, advanced manufacturing, mechanics, and robotics, controls and sensing.
Spring 2026
Deadline: 09/01/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master the art of virtual engineering with the Mechanical Engineering: Modeling & Simulation in Mechanical Engineering MS program. You’ll be equipped with advanced computational tools for simulating robot motion, heat transfer, fluid dynamics and other areas of interest to mechanical engineers.
Spring 2026
Deadline: 09/01/25
Tuition
$1,200 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Geographical Sciences
Geographical Sciences
Master’s degree
Atmospheric & Oceanic Science: Professional MS
The Atmospheric and Oceanic Science: Professional Option MS program gives you the comprehensive skill set to understand Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 02/01/25
Tuition
$1000 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Master the science of maps with the Cartography & Geographic Information Systems: Accelerated/Non-Thesis MS program. You’ll utilize geocomputing, spatial databases and data analytic to create impactful maps and solve geographic problems.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 06/01/25 Priority deadline: 04/01/25 International deadline: 04/01/25
Tuition
$800 per credit
Credits
30- 32 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face
Become a data-driven conservation leader with the Environmental Conservation: Environmental Observation & Informatics MS program. You’ll utilize technical tools to analyze environmental change while gaining skills in policy development and leading environmental conservation efforts.
Summer 2025
International deadline: 02/01/25 Deadline: 05/01/25
Tuition
$1,000 per credit
Credits
32 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Hybrid
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Master’s degree
Pharmaceutical Sciences: Applied Drug Development MS
Launch your career in pharmaceutical development with the Pharmaceutical Science: Applied Drug Development MS program. You’ll gain expertise in the entire drug development journey, from lab discovery to regulatory approval, while using project management skills and advanced lab techniques.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 04/30/25
Tuition
$1,500 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Hybrid
Sustainability & Environment
Sustainability & Environment
Master’s degree
Environmental Conservation: Environmental Conservation MS
Find real-world solutions to environmental challenges with the Environmental Conservation MS program. Through a blend of coursework and fieldwork, you’ll gain expertise in sustainability principles and conservation biology while developing skills to be a leader in environmental conservation.
Summer 2025
International deadline: 02/01/25 Domestic deadline: 05/01/25
Tuition
$1,000 per credit
Credits
32 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Hybrid
Become a data-driven conservation leader with the Environmental Conservation: Environmental Observation & Informatics MS program. You’ll utilize technical tools to analyze environmental change while gaining skills in policy development and leading environmental conservation efforts.
Summer 2025
International deadline: 02/01/25 Deadline: 05/01/25
Tuition
$1,000 per credit
Credits
32 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Hybrid
Master’s degree
Environmental Remediation & Management MS
Get hands-on in environmental problem-solving with the Environmental Remediation & Management MS program. Through field training and coursework, you’ll become an expert in assessing environmental contamination and designing remediation strategies.
Fall 2025
Deadline: 05/30/25
Tuition
$1,100 per credit
Credits
30 graduate credits
Modality
Accelerated, Face-to-face, Hybrid
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