Overview

The Educational Leadership and Research - Higher Education Administration degree program from Louisiana State University requires passing of a General Exam consisting of written questions and a comprehensive oral exam; write a dissertation proposal and pass an oral defense of the proposal; and write a dissertation and pass an oral defense of the dissertation.

Features

To graduate, students must earn a total of 90 graduate-level credit hours, including 9-18 credit hours dedicated to the dissertation.

Programme Structure

The curricular requirements for Higher Education Administration include:

A core area of 19 hours which includes 11 of research, and six hours in a school core.

24 hours in the primary area of higher education, of which at least 15 hours must be completed during the doctoral program. If a student does not have a previously earned graduate degree in higher education, all 24 hours must be in the primary area of higher education.

Nine hours of dissertation research.

Admitted students are anticipated to have a master’s degree; students who do not have a master’s degree must complete a minimum of 38 hours in addition to the 52 hours required for the PhD.

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

90 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Baton Rouge, United States

Disciplines

Education Educational Research Educational Leadership View 29 other PhDs in Educational Research in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

A conferred baccalaureate (or equivalent) from a regionally accredited college or university by the expected date of entry into the graduate program.

The Pinkie Gordan Lane Graduate School requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 GPA scale or in the last 60 credit hours in the previous undergraduate or graduate coursework.

All applicants must submit transcripts from all post-secondary colleges or universities.

A curriculum vitae (CV) or resume with a complete and accurate chronological outline of all previous college-level education is required.

Applicants may upload application materials to the Slate Application Portal.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

29770 USD / year

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Out-of-State

29770 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

12854 USD / year

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Living costs

Baton Rouge

United States

900 - 1400 USD / month

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