Robert Bobby Z. answered • 08/30/19
College Counseling for Lower Income & International Students
Hi there,
That's a really good question and there is more than one correct answer. There are many different types of master's degrees - the biggest distinction is between a taught master's and a research-focused masters. As the names imply, one is meant for you to be mostly learning new materials and the other is more researched focused, in a way that is more similar to a PhD program. Other factors that could impact the number of hours in a master's program include full time vs. part time status and the expected workload.
In the most general sense, a "full time" master's degree is somewhere around 40 hours a week on average, and a "part time" master's is something less than that.
To learn about a specific graduate program and what the workload is like, the best people to reach out to are the academic advisors and admissions staff members of a particular program. I wish you the best of luck!
