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Unlock Your Full Professional Potential

  • Gain an in-demand credential
  • Study 100% online with weekly cohort check-ins with faculty

Arcadia University’s educational leadership doctorate online program is designed to maximize your professional capabilities and prepare you to overcome tomorrow’s education challenges. Once you’ve completed this fully online program, you’ll have the credential to become a leading voice in education and conquer your greatest professional goals.

  • Boost your earning potential. $103,460 is the median annual salary for school administrators.1
  • Learn from doctoral practitioner instructors. Leading experts teach the educational leadership doctorate online courses to ensure you gain the professional skills it takes to go the distance in your career.
  • Receive dissertation support. Support for your dissertation is built into the curriculum, allowing you to explore your professional interests with the resources necessary to succeed.

Become Qualified for Top-Level Education Leadership Roles

Address the Growing Demand for Doctoral Practitioners

At the turn of the 21st century, only about 2% of United States citizens had earned a doctoral degree. That percentage grew by more than double within the first 20 years of the century, yet there’s still a growing demand for these top-skilled professionals.5

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the educational leadership field is growing at a steady pace of 3% annually. At this rate, more than 6,000 new positions for postsecondary education administrators alone are expected to be created throughout the decade.2 Arcadia’s EdD in Educational Leadership online program will prepare you to face today’s most complex challenges in education. In as little as 33 months, you can reach your full potential and not only stand out to leaders in education, but become one yourself.

  • Only 4.5% of U.S. citizens have completed a doctoral degree, creating a high demand for these professionals.5
  • Those who complete a Doctor of Education typically earn at least $21,000 more per year than Master of Education graduates.6,7

Program Outcomes and Skills Acquired

What You Will Learn

  • Assess the capacity for educational communities to grow and change
  • Evaluate education and/or education-related programs that are evidence-based
  • Identify, access and use appropriate data to inform decision-making at all levels of education systems
  • Assess communities around the principles of social justice and democracy
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of the various ethical paradigms that inform educational policy and practice
  • Design policies that influence educational communities
  • Develop systematic approaches to studying educational theory and practice
  • Identify innovative and effective educational practices that are preparing educators, students, and communities to become participants in the 21st century global society
  • Develop and implement a research agenda and dissertation that will contribute to research and practices in institutions of education and the field of education

Skills You Will Gain

  • Data assessment
  • Organizational management
  • Financial leadership
  • Qualitative research
  • Quantitative research
  • Professional supervision
  • Educational sustainability

Career Services

Arcadia University provides ongoing guidance to put you on track for success in your EdD in Educational Leadership online classes and career.

Dissertation Assistance

Doctoral faculty and committee members will provide you with the support and resources you need to complete your dissertation successfully, on your time.

Career Launchpad

Career Launchpad lets you access career advice, resources, and news in a single online hub.

Networking Opportunities

Our small online classes provide opportunities to engage faculty members with professional backgrounds and other students with similar career ambitions through weekly discussions.

Writing Assistance

Schedule an online session with a consultant to receive collaborative guidance on your writing.

Sources

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. “Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023: Educational Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary.” Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook. “Postsecondary Education Administrators.” Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/postsecondary-education-administrators.htm.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook. “Instructional Coordinators.” Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/instructional-coordinators.htm.
  4. Payscale.com. “Average School Superintendent Salary.” Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=School_Superintendent/Salary.
  5. U.S. Census Bureau. “Number of People with Master’s and Doctoral Degrees Doubles Since 2000.” Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/02/number-of-people-with-masters-and-phd-degrees-double-since-2000.html.
  6. Payscale.com. “Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) Degree.” Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=Doctor_of_Education_(EdD)/Salary.
  7. Payscale.com. “Master of Education (M.Ed.) Degree.” Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=Master_of_Education_(MEd)/Salary.
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