The Best Online Space Studies Master's Degrees

University of North Dakota (UND) offers a Master of Science in Space Studies online and on-campus.

Credits: 33

This programs intertwines science, policy, and engineering. Students learn about space in these relevant domains:

• Space-related aspects of Business and Management
• Space Engineering
• Planetary Science
• Space History
• Space Policy and Law
• Life Support Systems

Students have the option of a thesis or non-thesis program.

According to the UND website, they have a one-of-a-kind program:

UND was the first university with a NASA-funded laboratory dedicated to designing and constructing space-exploration and planetary surface exploration suits. UND is also the first university with two fully operational spaceflight simulators and one of the few universities in the world to offer human spaceflight training.

UND is the first institution in the nation to become a part of U.S. Space Force’s University Partnership Program.

With close ties to U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, and NASA you'll have opportunities to engage with the cutting edge of space industry.

University of North Dakota

Students have access to the Space Studies Observatory, Human Spaceflight Laboratory, and their Spacecraft Simulator facility.

Colorado School of Mines offers the unique online Master of Science in Space Resources degree.

Credits: 30

This Space Resources program is interdisciplinary, teaching students about the social sciences, engineering, and physical sciences aspects of space resource exploration, extraction, and utilization.

Courses include:

• Power and Energy; Robotics, Autonomy, and Communications
• Planetary Geology
• Space Resources Fundamentals
• Remote Sensing and Resource Assessment
• Extraction, Processing, and Resource Utilization
• Economics, Law, and Policy

This degree is a non-thesis program.

American Public University (APU) offers an online Master of Science in Space Studies.

Aerospace and Astronomy leaders teach students the relevant topics on studying space, which includes instruction in various domains, such as:

• Political
• Economic
• Legal
• Commercial
• Scientific
• Historical
• Technical 

Credits: 36

There are four concentration options:

• Aerospace Science
• Astronomy
• Space Policy
• Earth and Planetary Sciences

credits: 18 (15 core requirements and 3 for the final capstone).

Students can use APU's remote controlled observatory online, which has a telescope with a 24 inch aperture.

No entrance exams and no application fees are required to apply.