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Delivery of this program is 100 percent online: No campus visits are required.
Successful completion of the program requires 15 credit hours of course work: one graduate level statistics course, three didactic courses, and one research practicum experience.
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The chart below shows when the courses are traditionally offered. Courses are 3 credit hours each, unless stated otherwise. The University reserves the right to change or cancel courses as needed.
State authorization
States require that the University of Missouri-Columbia be authorized to deliver university-level distance/online education to their residents. Each state handles this process differently.
Please see our state authorization page for more information.
- Program authorized
- Program authorized with stipulations
- Program not authorized
Not authorized
Students residing in some states are not eligible to enroll in this program. See our state authorization page for a full list of states in which this program is not authorized.
Authorized with stipulations
Students residing in these states may be eligible to enroll in this program, but certain stipulations exist.
- Alaska
- Colorado