This study intented to identify the integrative effect of character education programs on the key competencies of the future. For this, the R meta analysis was performed on 94(k=310) studies of character education programs, which published in 1995~2017. According to the analysis, total effect size of character education programs was 0.714(U3=76.12%), which was significant in terms of education. The effect sizes of dependent variables were in an order of community competence, self-management competence, communication competence, and aesthetic emotional competence, but the difference between groups was not significant. The effect size of access types of character education programs showed in an order of social, emotional, and ethical. The ethical was ranked the highest in sincerity, manners, and responsibility. The social was high in an order of consideration, cooperation, and sociality. The emotion was high in an order of self-esteem and emotional stability. After the analysis of the effect size of moderator, all variables showed significant differences except the gender and the period of 2015~2017 showed high results. The group difference according to 95 sub-factors was significant and the effect of each sub-factor showed in an order of sociality sub-factor, emotion sub-factor, and ethic sub-factor. The future directions for program development and character education program research were discussed based on these results.