As an established or emerging leader, you'll enjoy a comprehensive, practitioner-focused curriculum tailored to sharpen your skills to lead a multitude of positions at colleges and universities worldwide. Plus you further refine your skills in the areas that most interest you. And, you'll grow as a leader.

You'll enjoy an engaging and interactive learning experience that accommodates working professionals and attend classes online when it is convenient for you.

A diverse student body with varied professional backgrounds provide engaging discussions in which you learn with and from your peers. Together you will advance your knowledge and improve practices in your field.

Program Highlights

• Take courses 100 percent online, at your convenience
• Enjoy 8- and 16-week course delivery
• Structured to actively connect and engage with your professors and colleagues
• Gain employment and a lifetime of career advancement
• Select your own dissertation research topic, within the field
• Apply knowledge to challenges you face as a professional 
• Earn your degree in four years
• Same affordable tuition no matter where you live
• Faculty are nationally recognized practitioners and published researchers
• No GRE admission requirement

Program Distinctions

• Program offers online or on-campus graduate assistantships.
• Take an optional Education Abroad experience in Italy
• Diverse student body from across the country and around the world
• Participate in our Leadership Institute to explore current practices and research in the field
• St. Cloud State is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association

Student Organizations

• • Professional Educators Network

Application Deadlines