EdD Doctorate in Education
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Take your leadership to the next level
Hamline’s Doctorate in Education (EdD) program is designed for working professionals from a variety of sectors, including K-12 and higher education, as well as public and private educational organizations. Hamline’s EdD program will challenge you to grow personally and professionally in a responsive learning climate among a community of learners that capitalizes on the skills and expertise of its faculty and students.
With Hamline's EdD program, you will:
- Engage your active learning skills through deep immersion in collaboration, synthesis, and research
- Build upon and develop your ability to understand and respond to current educational challenges
- Expand your skills as a researcher through exposure to a range of methods
- Reflect upon, refine, and articulate who you are as an educator to develop a carefully examined education-focused worldview
- Explore how to become an agent of change on issues of social justice and equity in education
What will it take?
Doctorate in Education program details
EdD start dates and application deadlines
Applications are reviewed after the application deadline.
Apply by July 15, 2025. We'll review your application and work with you to determine the best term to start your program. Students take core courses as a cohort. The next two cohort groups begin in the fall of 2025 and the fall of 2027. You may, however, start elective courses in another term—summer 2025, spring 2026, etc. Once admitted, students work with an adviser to develop a plan to complete their coursework.
Check back for summer and fall start deadlines.
Doctorate of Education (EdD) program format
Hamline's EdD is a hybrid program, with classes offered synchronously online as well as in-person. Online classes meet from 5 to 9 p.m. on weekdays, while in-person classes meet on Fridays from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Time to complete your Doctorate of Education (EdD)
The typical time to complete the Doctorate of Education (EdD) is 4-5 years. You’ll complete your coursework in approximately three years and then take an additional one to two years to complete your dissertation.
Doctorate of Education (EdD) courses
Core coursework
Year one (six courses)
Fall
- GED 8501 – The Learning Organization (4 credits)
- GED 8502 – Educational Foundations (4 credits)
Spring
- GED 8505 – Leadership (4 credits)
- GED 8514 – Doctoral Writing Seminar (4 credits)
Summer
GED 8513 – Paideia Seminar: Knowledge Construction (2 credits)
- GED 8515 – Paideia Seminar: Community Building (2 credits)
Year two (four courses)
Fall
- GED 8516 – Equity and Social Justice Policy (4 credits)
- GED 8504 – Educational Organizations (4 credits)
Spring
- GED 8507 – Frameworks for Inquiry (4 credits)
- GED 8508 – Advanced Inquiry (4 credits)
Elective courses
Beyond the core curriculum, you’ll tailor 16 credit of electives to fit your area of educational discipline interest.
Dissertation
Upon completion of core and elective coursework, you must complete four advisement experiences with a primary dissertation advisor and two committee members to develop and complete your dissertation.
- GED 8991 – Dissertation I (4 credits)
- GED 8992 – Dissertation II (4 credits)
- GED 8993 – Dissertation III (4 credits)
- GED 8994 – Dissertation IV (4 credits)
How to Apply to the EdD program
To apply to the Doctorate of Education program, you must complete the following:
- Online application (no fee)
- Professional resume demonstrating at least three years of relevant work experience
- A one- to two-page statement of your educational aims that specifies how the Hamline EdD will help you achieve your goals
- Official transcript of master’s degree with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA and an official transcript of a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university
- This should be sent directly from the institution to Graduate Admission or provided in a sealed, signed envelope. Official electronic transcripts should be emailed from the institution to gradprog@hamline.edu
- You do not have to supply transcripts for courses taken at Hamline University
- An article—which should be no more than 10 pages—written by you that demonstrates your ability to synthesize and portray thinking about a critical issue in education
- Three letters of recommendation, including at least two from instructors/professional colleagues familiar with your learning, leadership, and collaboration capacity
The program gave me the confidence to participate in networking at conferences in my field and to speak up more in the workplace. Additionally, my teaching has been heavily influenced and improved by my experience in the EdD coursework (such as excellent modeling of adult learning practices), and I can give much better writing feedback to my own students.
How we help make your Doctorate in Education affordable
Competitive tuition
When you invest in an EdD from Hamline, you benefit from a prestigious degree from Minnesota’s first university. We work hard to ensure our tuition, and other financial aid, make your degree a worthwhile investment.
The smaller cohort led to meaningful experiences with different types of educators from a variety of backgrounds, which led to expanding my knowledge and skills. That experience also extended out to the faculty, who went to great lengths to ensure that the program was one where people could succeed and find success.
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