Overview

Pathway one prepares individuals to lead rural schools and to teach educational leadership within a university setting. Pathway two prepares individuals for leadership positions within higher education and educational organizations. Pathway three prepares leaders in the areas of educational business and finance.

Features

Although the Educational Leadership program at West Texas A&M University focuses on rural school leadership, all three Pathways equip educational leaders with a wide variety of tools to lead in any school district, university, or organization of any size, and in any location.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Demographics of Rural Communities

Executive Administrative Leadership

Decision Making

Executive Instructional Leadership

Data Analysis / Research Statistics

Quantitative Research

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00

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Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

60 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Canyon, United States

Disciplines

Educational Leadership View 74 other PhDs in Educational Leadership in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.2

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

WTAMU Graduate School application and application fee is required. Please note that the Texas Common Application is not required.

A writing artifact (limited to five pages) identifying the three most pressing problems of practice faced by rural educational leaders today, rank ordering and explaining levels of importance of the three, and offering solutions for the one problem identified as most pressing.

Detailed curriculum vitae/resume.

Official transcripts from all higher education institutions you have attended providing evidence of a master’s degree in education or related field.

A minimum of 3.25 overall GPA in all attempted graduate courses. (Candidates must maintain a 3.0 GPA to remain in the program with no grade less than a “B”).

Two letters of recommendation, including at least one from a supervisor who can attest to your leadership abilities. Recommender information must be provided on your applicant portal.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

9100 USD / year

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Out-of-State

9100 USD / year

≈ 9100 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

9100 USD / year

≈ 9100 USD / year

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Language

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Credits

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English requirements

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Tuition Fees

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