Higher Education Administration (Ed.D.)
Higher Education Administration (Ed.D.)
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Higher Education Administration (Ed.D.)
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.
Students 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
- Students comes 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
Application Deadlines
| U.S. Citizens | International Outside U.S. |
International Inside U.S. |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Jan. 15 (priority), March 15, rolling through Aug. 1 | Jan. 15 (priority), March 15, rolling through June 1 | Jan. 15 (priority), March 15, rolling through Aug. 1 |
| Spring | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summer | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Degree Levels
Licensure
Graduate Certificate
Master
Post-Master
Doctorate
Delivery Options
St. CLoud (on campus)
Online
Synchronous online
St. Cloud State at Plymouth
Evenings/Weekends
Graduate Director
Dr. Steven McCullarPopular Careers
- Administration
- Advising
- Alumni Development
- Athletics
- Enrollment Management
- Residential life
- Multicultural resource centers
- Student life and development
- Teaching
University Facts & Stats
- Doctoral graduate assistants receive up to a $15,000 stipend per year and a tuition reimbursement for up to six graduate credits per semester
- Top 3 percent of the most affordable universities in the Forbes’ “America’s Top Colleges” ranking
- 100 percent of doctoral students found employment in the field in 2016-17
