THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION IN VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS EXIST. INFORMATION ON MASTER'S PROGRAMS WAS OBTAINED FROM 103 INSTITUTIONS THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES, APPROPRIATE SCHOOL CATALOGS, AND A PREPARED FORM CONSISTING OF ITEMS REGARDING OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAMS, TEACHING LEVELS, FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION, UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM, GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION, AND ASPECTS OF ADMINISTRATION. FOR CHI SQUARE ANALYSIS OF DATA, PROGRAMS WERE DISTRIBUTED SUCCESSIVELY INTO 5 SETS OF CATEGORIES ACCORDING TO--(1) GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF INSTITUTIONS, (2) TITLE OF DEGREE CONFERRED, (3) SIZE OF PART TIME STUDENT ENROLLMENT, (4) INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION TO WHICH ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS IS DELEGATED, AND (5) AEGIS OF CONTROL OF INSTITUTIONS. STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND AMONG PROPORTIONS OF MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS, BUT IT IS CONCLUDED THAT PROPORTIONS ARE MORE FREQUENTLY ESSENTIALLY THE SAME, RATHER THAN DIFFERENT. THIS DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED BY VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY PRESS, VILLANOVA, PENNSYLVANIA 19085. (LC)