Educational Leadership Ed.D. (Virtual Online)
Enhance your skill as an executive school leader
The focus of the Educational Leadership Ed.D. program is to enhance and add value to leadership at both the campus and district levels to positively impact student learning in PreK-12 classrooms. The program includes superintendent professional certification preparation as part of its integrated curriculum design.
Learning Model
Online (synchronous delivery)
Tuition Estimates
Average In or Out of State
$415-500 per credit hour
Tuition rates are based on your residency determination of Texas Resident, Non-Resident, or Foreign. Please consult the Admissions site for more information.
About This Program
This program prepares executive school leaders to identify and implement research-based solutions to problems in a PreK-12 school district context. In a three-year course sequence, students will have the opportunity to select from multiple study designs, including conducting a dissertation which will deepen their abilities to lead instructional change, identify problems of practice, and implement interventions in their local educational organizations to improve student achievement.
Courses are offered 100% synchronous online with opportunities for students to meet, work, and collaborate in doctoral summer institutes. Texas Tech University is a member of the Carnegie Project for the Educational Doctorate (CPED) and utilizes CPED principles and a National Consortium of CPED Universities to meet the complex needs of school leaders.
Key Courses
EDLD 6348: Education Analysis Methods
Introduces standard frameworks and methods of education policy analysis with a focus on contemporary policy issues facing education systems at all levels.
EDLD 6312: Accountability in Education
Examines processes of evaluating K-12 school and district performance using student and campus performance measures.
EDLD 6340: School Law
The interplay of the law and public policy emphasizing the relationship between legal decisions and educational practices from the perspectives of the governing board and central administration.
Learn More About Our Educational Leadership Programs
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
- Online delivery
- Prepares working teachers interested in pursuing careers as principals in Texas
- Become a principal or other district leader
- Internship or field experience required
- Capstone Project
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership with a Concentration in Educational Policy
- Online delivery
- Prepares graduates for non-certified employment positions or to continue to a doctoral degree
- Work in education, government, non-profits, advocacy groups, etc.
- Internship not required, but practical application recommended
- Non-Thesis
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
- Online delivery
- Improves and enhances the skills of executive school leaders
- Work in administrative leadership in educational institutions, e.g. school districts
- Internship or demonstration of proficiency in program evaluation required
- Dissertation
Ph.D. in Educational Leadership Policy
- Online delivery
- Prepares graduates to be critically engaged educational researchers and policy stakeholders
- Focus on scholarly practice, research, or teaching at university level
- Practical experiences in research and scholarly communication required
- Dissertation
Why Earn an Educational Leadership Ed.D.?
Synchronous Online
All courses are synchronous providing students with the opportunity to virtually log in to classes from anywhere. Students will engage in small virtual group instruction as well as whole group.
Competency Based Curriculum
All courses are aligned to state and national standards and students can practice and apply what they are learning in the field through structured course assignments throughout the program.
Data Driven Decision-Making
Students utilize their own campus and/or district data as they learn to disaggregate, analyze, plan, and implement researched based strategies to address accountability and law/policy. Students learn how to apply data driven decision making in the field through structured course assignments.
More info about this program
Estimated Hours to Completion:
- 66 hours (54 credit hours of coursework, 12 credit hours dissertation research), plus 30 post-Master's transfer hours for a total of 96[1] credit hours
- 1 Students seeking superintendent certification should contact Dr. Irma Almager at irma.almager@ttu.edu.
This program is a full institutional member of the University Council for Educational Administration:
- Texas Tech University and the TTU College of Education’s Educational Leadership (EDLD) Program earned full institutional membership in the national University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) in November 2022. This prestigious national organization recognizes the outstanding graduate-level (master’s and doctoral) K-12 leadership development programming and extensive university–school district partnership efforts of the College of Education’s Educational Leadership Program Faculty by officially welcoming TTU and the TTU College of Education into UCEA’s national consortium of higher education institutions.
- UCEA is dedicated to advancing the preparation of educational leaders for the benefit of K-12 schools and students. UCEA fulfills its mission by disseminating and supporting graduate program development work of its member institutions and offering networking and advancement opportunities to educational leadership and policy scholars in all stages of their professional careers. The UCEA organization positively influences local, state, and national education policy within the disciplines of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.
- Our TTU EDLD faculty and graduate students look forward to supporting the UCEA mission by continuing our efforts in researching and addressing essential problems of schooling, improving the preparation of educational leaders, and shaping education policies that can benefit diverse populations of learners.
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College of Education
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