Higher Education & Student Affairs (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 在线 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.

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Program Requirements Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education Graduate Assistantships

Program Highlights

• 灵活的 100 percent 在线 coursework
• 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
• 应用 knowledge to challenges you face as a professional 
• Ability to earn your degree in  3 1/2 years
• 相同 affordable tuition no matter where you live
• 教师 are nationally recognized practitioners and published researchers
• No GRE/GMAT requirement

Program Distinctions

• St. Cloud State awarded Best 在线 EdD Degree Program 的步骤
• Program offers 在线 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.

University Facts & 统计数据

• Doctoral graduate assistants receive up to a $15,000 stipend per year and a tuition reimbursement for up to six graduate credits per semester
• 前 3 percent of the most affordable universities in the Forbes’ “America’s 前 Colleges” ranking
• 100 percent of doctoral students found employment in the field in 2019-20

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