Degree Overview
What is Peace Corps Master’s International?
The Peace Corps Master’s International (PCMI) is a joint program between Texas Tech University and the Peace Corps. The program offers credit for Peace Corps service towards an M. Ed. or an M.S. in Agricultural Sciences.
Get the best of both worlds. Students gain a master’s degree and two years of international work experience simultaneously. International experience is highly coveted by employers In today’s job market.
Returned Peace Corps volunteers go on to be senators, governors, ambassadors, musicians, journalists, business leaders, teachers and other respected professionals.
Is Peace Corps Master’s International for me?
The Peace Corps Master’s International (PCMI) offers you more than just a classroom education. The Peace Corps gives you the chance to experience different cultures while also giving you three months of intensive language training before your service begins and continued training throughout your service.
Get Started!
Learn more about the Master's of Agriculture and Master's of Education degree programs.
Or contact Sandy Crosier Study Abroad Counselor/International Exchange Coordinator
at (806) 742.3667.
Dream Big: Peace Corps and Graduate School
You don't have to choose. Get the best of both worlds.
Gain two years of job experience outside the United States – while at the same time earning a master’s degree, promoting peace and giving a boost to developing or impoverished countries.
Have Questions?
Sandy Crosier
Study Abroad Counselor/International Exchange Coordinator
(806) 742.3667
@ peacecorps.gov
Peace Corps Resources
Get the real story about Peace Corps life—in words, images, and video—from the only folks who can really tell it: the Volunteers themselves.
Follow the progress of our Volunteers as they write about their Peace Corps experiences.
Read these accounts of one day in the life of several Peace Corps Volunteers.