12 PhD programmes offered by the university

The PhD in Educational Leadership at The University of Iowa is designed to provide you with a strong background in leadership, policy, and research.

At The University of Iowa, we offer our graduate students a degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs.

With its nationally known faculty, the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) doctoral program from The University of Iowa is one of the country’s major doctoral-granting programs in the field of higher education and student affairs.

The PhD in Special Education at The University of Iowa builds on the theoretical and practical knowledge of candidates. 

Our PhD program in Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) at The University of Iowa will provide you with the knowledge and skills related to general counseling (including mental health and school counseling), teaching, consulting, supervising counselors, and conducting research. 

The University of Iowa 's School Psychology program is a doctoral program with an inclusive EdS degree. 

In our PhD Music Education program at The University of Iowa, we mentor you to develop your skills to become an independent researcher in the areas of study you wish to explore. 

As the culmination of the Mathematics Education PhD program at The University of Iowa, you will complete a dissertation on a research project in mathematics education. 

In our Learning Sciences and Educational Psychology PhD program at The University of Iowa, you will gain the depth of knowledge and methodological sophistication necessary for original research that contributes to educational psychology and the learning sciences.

The Educational Policy and Leadership Studies Doctor of Education (EdD) at The University of Iowa will take your leadership to the next level with a supportive cohort in a rigorous and convenient program steeped in the latest research and delivered by renowned faculty.

The Literacy, Culture, and Language Education PhD program at The University of Iowa brings together scholarly traditions and contemporary theory in Multilingual Education and Applied Linguistics, Literacy and Cultural Studies, and Social Studies Education.

The PhD program in Educational Measurement and Statistics at The University of Iowa  provides training and hands-on experience with the cutting-edge quantitative methods techniques used in data science, applied statistics, educational measurement, and machine learning.