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Dec 17, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Higher Education Administration, Ph.D.
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Department: Leadership, Policy, and Lifelong Learning
The Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration is a research degree that prepares individuals interested in administration, teaching, research, or policy positions in colleges and universities or higher education agencies. Appropriate professional positions for graduates of this program would be:
- Administrators or student affairs professionals at colleges and universities
- Institutional researchers at colleges and universities
- Faculty who intend to teach in universities in the field of higher education
- Faculty who wish to teach in community colleges
- Policy analysts in state and national higher education agencies and organizations
Admission Information
Must meet University Admission and English Proficiency requirements as well as requirements for admission to the major, listed below.
- A master’s degree from an accredited university in education, a related professional field, or the equivalent bachelors and/or graduate degrees from a foreign institution
- Current Resume or Vita outlining education, work/teaching experience, publications, presentations, etc.
- GRE Preferred - contact department for more information
- Three Academic References from individuals who can testify to your academic abilities and potential for success in a doctoral program.
- A personal statement and interview with the program faculty, writing samples, and work references upon request.
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Curriculum Requirements
Total Minimum Hours: 59 Credit Hours Post-Masters
- Shared Core Requirements– 6 Credit Hours
- Research Methods, Measurement and Foundations – 12 credit hours minimum
- Additional Required Courses – 21 credit hours
- Higher Education Specialization – 15 credit hour minimum
- Dissertation - 5 Credit Hours Minimum
Please be advised that programs of study are designed by the graduate faculty in concert with each individual student and that the major and/or course requirements are subject to change, per state legislative mandates, Florida State Department of Education program approval standards, and accreditation criteria.
Shared Core Requirements (6 Credit Hours)
Research Methods, Measurement and Foundations (12 Credit Hours Minimum)
Students complete a minimum of twelve (12) credit hours of required research methods, statistics/measurement, tools, and foundations coursework from the list below, selected in consultation with the advisor, or alternative selections, including qualitative and quantitative methodology courses with approval of advisor.
Additional Required Courses (21 Credit Hours)
Higher Education, Administration Specialization (15 Credit Hours)
Qualifying Examination
Students must demonstrate satisfactory performance on the Doctoral Qualifying Examination before admission to candidacy. (See current College of Education Graduate Handbook, and consult with doctoral graduate major advisor).
Dissertation (5 Credit Hours Minimum)
Contact the Director for specific dissertation requirements.
Students must be admitted to candidacy before they are permitted to enroll in dissertation hours. Students may be required to take additional hours depending on the course of study and or academic deficiencies.
Students complete dissertation hours. Below are the minimums. Students may be required to take additional hours:
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