I'm interested in developing research skills in a formal academic environment, but I'm not ready to re-enroll in a PhD yet. I thought an MRes might be a good compromise. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there are a lot out there. Capitol Technology University offers several: Master's Degrees | Capitol Technology University | Washington D.C. & Maryland Area But as the MRes is more of a British degree I suspect that the institutions offering it are generally not choosing to deliver it online. Anyone know of any?
I thought there were plenty of MRes degrees via distance learning from the UK. The program is more for the UK-based school than the US. University of Leicester's Research Master in Business and Management. URL: https://le.ac.uk/courses/business-and-management-mres-dl/2025 University College London (UCL)'s Research Master h in Social URL: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/social-research-mres University of Stirling's Research Master in Health URL: https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-taught/health-research-online/ Queen Margaret University's Master of Research in ? URL: https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate-research-study/2025/master-of-research University of Winchester's Master of Research in Health Science URL: https://www.winchester.ac.uk/study/Postgraduate/Courses/MRes-Health-Science/ The University of Manchester's Master of Research in Public health URL: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/list/05995/mres-public-health-web-based-learning/all-content/
Random, found some MLitt programs recently https://on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/christianity-and-the-visual-arts/ https://on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/philosophy-and-society/ https://on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/scottish-heritage/ not that expensive, about 15k USD++
Would any of these work? Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation - UConn https://researchmethodsmasters.online.uconn.edu/ Social Research and Data Analysis - Montclair State https://www.montclair.edu/online/graduate-degrees/ma-in-social-research-and-analysis/ Educational Research - Georgia State https://www.gsu.edu/program/ms-educational-research-online/ Operations Research - Georgia Tech https://www.gatech.edu/academics/degrees/masters/operations-research-online-degree-ms Educational Research, Evaluation and Assessment - Northern Illinois https://www.niu.edu/online/graduate-programs/ms-educational-research-evaluation.shtml
Don't sleep on the Educational Research program from Liberty. You could exit at an EdS with the option to top up to a PhD. And note their tuition discounts (first responder including some part-time and volunteer roles, small-business worker, etc.)
Raises a question I've had over the years. UK Masters degrees aren't all alike. The M.Litt. is a higher degree than the earned M.A. and the M.Phil. is a higher degree yet. (Trust the Brits to make things complicated.) So if a U.S. student earns an M.Litt. or M. Phil, how do you note that in your CV so as to show that it's more than the usual Masters?
Clearly my Google-fu failed me on this - thanks everyone for all these replies! I think my mistake was search for "online program" when the better term would have been "distance learning", and looking specifically for an MRes when the skills I want could be found in a variety of programs. I'm going to take some time to evaluate these.
Also, the University of Bradford has research degrees for the following subjects: Accounting, Finance, and Economics Business and Management Computer Science Development Studies Film Studies Health Studies Law Peace Studies Psychology Social Work and Social Care Sociology and Criminology URL: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/distance-learning-research-degrees/ And the University of York URL: https://www.york.ac.uk/study/online-distance-learning/courses/
