EdD
Educational Leadership
Application Deadline
Contact Information
Admission Requirements
Required Tests
GRE or GMAT or LSAT
Additional Requirements
Deadline Notes
The deadline for Summer is March 1.
GRE or GMAT or LSAT
Additional Requirements
- Master's degree or equivalent
- Three years' professional experience in a leadership position related to education
- Resume required
Deadline Notes
The deadline for Summer is March 1.
Program Requirements
The EdD in Educational Leadership program prepares mid-career leaders for advanced leadership positions in educational institutions. It is designed to be completed in three years, and is for students who also work full-time. This program prepares education leaders with scholarly dispositions and skills to enable them to effectively lead, lift, inspire, and educate their colleagues and followers. The program aims to instill in its candidates the desire to make education institutions places of learning that equip students from all backgrounds to be contributing members of the human family.
For a more detailed description of the EdD program requirements, see the EDLF Department's website and online program handbook.
- Credit hours: 88 credit hours (with up to 36 hours of credit for completion of an appropriate master's or comparable degree), including 39 hours of coursework, 12 dissertation hours and no required electives.
- Required EDLF courses:
- 645 (Quantitative Inquiry 1)
- 646 (Qualitative Inquiry 1)
- 655 (Social History of American Education)
- 700 (Strategic and Organizational Leadership)
- 701 (Collaborative Leadership for Change)
- 714 (Multicultural Education)
- 721 (Economics of Education)
- 722 (Constitutional Law and Education)
- 750 (Education Policy and Politics)
- 768 (Philosophy and History of Western Education)
- 776 (Quantitative Inquiry 2)
- 777 (Qualitative Inquiry 2)
- 791R (Doctoral Seminar)
- 799R (Dissertation)
- Memorandum of Understanding. Students are required to attend all class sessions. Given that the program is designed for students who are also employed full time, students will provide a memorandum of understanding from their employer agreeing to their attendance at the scheduled course sessions, some of which will occur during the normal work week.
- Program of Study: To be submitted by the end of the first semester.
- Performance Evaluation. Three times during the academic year, students will be evaluated by the faculty based on their performance and progress in the program.
- Comprehensive Examination. The completion of the written comprehensive examination lays the foundation for the dissertation prospectus.
- Dissertation. In the first summer term, students will be placed with a dissertation chair to help develop and focus their dissertation research. The dissertation will include the preparation of an article that is ready for submission to a peer-reviewed journal.
- Requirements for Minimum Registration. Following admission to the EdD program, the university requires that students complete at least 6 semester hours of approved program credit during each academic year (September 1 to August 31).
For a more detailed description of the EdD program requirements, see the EDLF Department's website and online program handbook.
Program Outcomes
Moral agents of improvement
1. Students will understand and appreciate diverse viewpoints of equity in educational systems. 2. Students will identify research-based evidence that supports or contradicts these diverse viewpoints to inform their own leadership practice. 3. Students will understand and engage with political and legislative institutions that influence educational systems.
Scholarly Practitioners
1. Students will be able to find, summarize, and apply research literature relevant to a particular problem of practice. 2. Students will be able to synthesize research literature relevant to a particular problem of practice. 3. Students will use research literature to justify and design a research study relevant to their leadership practice. 4. Students will apply research methods appropriate to generating new knowledge relevant to their leadership practice.
Steward Leaders
We have not found satisfactory language that captures this program outcome. Therefore, it is still 'under construction' and will not be directly measured this assessment cycle.
1. Students will understand and appreciate diverse viewpoints of equity in educational systems. 2. Students will identify research-based evidence that supports or contradicts these diverse viewpoints to inform their own leadership practice. 3. Students will understand and engage with political and legislative institutions that influence educational systems.
Scholarly Practitioners
1. Students will be able to find, summarize, and apply research literature relevant to a particular problem of practice. 2. Students will be able to synthesize research literature relevant to a particular problem of practice. 3. Students will use research literature to justify and design a research study relevant to their leadership practice. 4. Students will apply research methods appropriate to generating new knowledge relevant to their leadership practice.
Steward Leaders
We have not found satisfactory language that captures this program outcome. Therefore, it is still 'under construction' and will not be directly measured this assessment cycle.
Program Stats
Characteristics of Students from Past Academic Year
Total Students
39.0
International
3.0
Male
25.0
Female
14.0
LDS
39.0
BYU Undergraduate
19.0
Five Year Average of Graduated Students
Average Years to Degree
1.89
Graduated Per Year
18.6
GMAT Quantitative Percentile
67.5
Five Year Average of Admitted Students
Applied Per Year
7.0
Admitted Per Year
6.4
Percent Admitted
91.43
Average GPA
3.52
Courses and Faculty