Get your doctorate in just three years! Choose either a hybrid or online cohort.
The San José State University Ed.D. Leadership Program prepares the next generation of leaders with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to understand the causes of inequitable outcomes in PK-12 and higher educational institutions. Students in this program are also simultaneously prepared to assess and develop pedagogies, practices, policies, and curricula to improve the life chances for all students, including but not limited to minoritized students.
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Imagine yourself as an Ed.D. student at SJSU. Our program is designed for professionals such as: PK-12 counselors, teachers, and lectures and administrators at community colleges and four-year institutions looking to enhance their career.
Why Students Love the Ed.D. Program:
"The San Jose State University Ed.D. program is outstanding and has positively impacted me both professionally and personally. Not only does the program provide theoretical knowledge, but it also provides hands-on learning through a study abroad experience. Professionally, I have taken the learning obtained through my coursework and directly applied it to my leadership skills to create transformational environments of change in preschool-adult school systems. Personally, the program has given me a broader social justice perspective, increased my emotional capacity and challenged my resiliency. Through the program, I developed long-lasting relationships with doctoral students who were passionate about transform." —Manny Nuñez-Astorga ('18 Ed.D.)
“My biggest “aha moment” in the program was being able to listen to some of our lectures or some of our discussions and realize how much I am learning from my cohort, and how valuable it is. I know the Ed.D. program is going to create opportunities for me and expose me to different avenues in the educational field." —Nikki Dang (21' Ed.D.)
“I studied at San José State University (SJSU) as a doctoral student from 2018 to my graduation in 2021. It was a three-year program that made the greatest difference in my life. I received my two Masters’ degrees here in the United States and nothing can be compared with the Educational Leadership Doctorate Program of San José State University. The quality of the program itself and the professors and the environment were designed to help the students. The school allowed me to know my culture and background since I was allowed to go back home and research the schools in my country and produce a film documentary to that effect, The body listens better than the ear. Now I speak with authority on the issues of corporal punishment in Nigerian schools in particular, while I can elaborate in general on what punishment is doing to students in all the schools across the globe. I found SJSU to be the place to be for knowledge, love, understanding, and growth in all forms of organization and institution." —Rev. Fr. Gerald Nwafor (21' Ed.D.)
Ed.D. graduates are able to select from a range of career options because the program courses offer students the skill set needed for leadership success efforts to reform schools, engage communities and increase student achievement.
Careers
Course Curriculum
The Ed.D. Program is available as a hybrid or an online cohort. Students in the online cohort complete all coursework online except for the global field experience. The hybrid cohort meets on campus only a few times a semester.
Anticipated cost is about $20,922/year (3 years total). Plus a one-time, $3,000 international travel fee in the required global experience part of the program. Financial Aid available.
Application Deadlines
Priority Deadline: February 29, 2024
Deadline: April 1, 2024
Admission Requirements
Program Highlights
