Teaching and mentoring people puts you in a position to lead educational or community organizations. Your degree program is designed for master’s prepared professionals from every career path. Highly individualized, with mentoring and dissertation support built-in from the start, USF’s Ed.D. program is literally designed for you.
The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership program at the University of St. Francis brings together practitioner-scholars to support doctoral candidates in learning and scholarship. The program is a combination of research, experiential learning, and shared knowledge about the key skills needed to lead, inspire, and educate.
Face-to-Face, Blended, Hybrid, Online
$725/credit hour
24 Months
Candidates for this program may be eligible for a focused program to earn the Superintendent Endorsement only.
The Educational Leadership doctoral program at the University of St. Francis includes a competitive curriculum. Concentrations include:
Leadership, Learning, and Stewardship (60 credit hours) offers meaningful skills and perspectives on educational, social, political, and organizational leadership. It is designed for those pursuing higher level educational, corporate, health care and other leadership positions in public organizations, private sector companies, and service-oriented organizations.
Instruction in this concentration may be offered in blended, hybrid, and online modalities enhanced through virtual support.
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Superintendent Endorsement (60 credit hours) is approved by the Illinois State Board of Education for administrative endorsement on the Professional Educator’s License. It is designed for educators who hold a General Administrative or Principal endorsement on their Professional Educator License and want to pursue district-level leadership.
Instruction for this concentration is delivered face-to-face and online.
The University of St. Francis is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and is authorized to operate as a post-secondary institution by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (ibhe.org). College of Education programs are further approved by the Illinois State Board of Education (isbe.net).
Our programs are top-ranked! U.S. News & World Report has placed the University of St. Francis on several of its annual listings, year after year, including its “Best National Universities,” “Best Value Schools” and “Best Online Programs” lists.
“Whether drawing from the rich intellectual resources of a cohort, gaining firsthand insight from practicing professionals, or spending quality one-on-one time with professors to help safely navigate the depths of the workload, this program delivers prepared graduates. The cohort structure reduces the burden of traveling the journey alone. You enter as individuals. You leave as family.”
Wilsando Seegars, Program Graduate
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