Overview

Faculty experts in leadership, administration, higher education data mining, underserved college student populations, college teaching, and student affairs provide students with a solid academic background and quality research and field experiences in their specialty areas.

Careers

Appropriate professional positions for graduates of this Higher Education Administration program at the University of South Florida 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

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Policy and Legal Dimensions in Higher Education
Governance and Finance in Higher Education
Globalization in Higher Education
Junior College in American Higher Education
Gender and Higher Education
Big Data and Learning Analytics
Data Visualization in Education
Predictive Learning Analytics
Data in Assessment and Accreditation
Race in Higher Education

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-05-10 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

59 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Tampa, United States

Disciplines

Higher Education View 81 other PhDs in Higher Education in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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
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.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

19980 USD / year

≈ 19980 USD / year
Out-of-State

19980 USD / year

≈ 19980 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

8702 USD / year

≈ 8702 USD / year

Living costs

Tampa

United States

1122 - 1951 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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