Online Schools Offering ESL Degrees

English as a Second Language (ESL) programs are available at several training levels through the 12 schools featured here. These colleges offer a total of 23 ESL programs, with tuition ranging from $6,750 to $42,818. Student reviews are one way to get a feel for a program, and our online reviewers have given an overall recommendation rate of 67 percent for these schools, as well as a career recommendation rate of 65 percent.

At the bachelor's level, ESL programs typically lead to teacher certification with a focus in English language learners. These programs discuss cognition, memory, multicultural learning, instructional skills, reading comprehension, and literature. Students also participate in teaching clinicals, which give students hands-on experience in real classrooms. A master's degree in ESL can be used to teach English language learners as a public school teacher or as a private tutor internationally. The ESL certificate provides a basic introduction to ESL topics like grammar and second language acquisition and can lead to work teaching English abroad.