Overview

The Urban Education, Leadership and Policy Studies curriculum focuses on preparing pre-K to 12 urban school leaders and scholars who are committed to fostering, facilitating, and managing change in diverse settings.

What you will learn

Through the course of study toward the EdD or PhD, the Urban Education, Leadership and Policy Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Boston offers a range of knowledge, skills, and experiences to students, enabling them to:

Engage with multiple sources of information (e.g., policy, research, history, and empirical data) and learn multiple research methods and theories within an area of concentration;
Conduct original research on critical problems in K-12 education that relates to their professional practice and contributes to the ongoing academic conversation in their concentration area and in the fields of urban education and leadership;
Create new knowledge from research that addresses real world problems, culminating in a dissertation;
Apply social justice-oriented frameworks and research-based knowledge to real world academic and practical issues facing K-12 education institutions in order to be change agents in education;
Advance their careers as leaders and successfully compete for employment in a wide variety of national and international school-based, agency, and community roles including higher education faculty, state department of education personnel, community agency/organization educational leaders, policy analysts, and researchers.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Leadership Workshop
Inquiry for Educational Leaders
Integrative Seminar
Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum in Urban Contexts
Historical Roots of Contemporary Urban Schooling
Organization and Leadership in Educational Institutions
Education Policy

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-06-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

54 SCH

EdD: 54

PhD: 60

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Boston, United States

Disciplines

Education Public Policy Educational Leadership View 92 other PhDs in Public Policy in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution of recognized standing or an international equivalent at the time of enrollment
A minimum, cumulative GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale (or international equivalent) in all undergraduate work
A master's degree or the equivalent from a college or university of recognized standing
Official transcripts for all institutions where you have earned more than 6 credits; if your transcript is in a language other than English, please include an English translation, validated by an official public translator
Résumé or curriculum vitae
A personal statement of no more than two pages (double spaced) should be sufficient to explain the applicant’s academic background, motivation, and research interests.
Two (2) letters of recommendation
Employer Agreement Form
If applicable, request official TOEFL, IELTS, PTE and Duolingo scores to be sent to the University of Massachusetts Boston

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

29932 USD / year

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Out-of-State

29932 USD / year

≈ 29932 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

15408 USD / year

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Living costs

Boston

United States

1560 - 3239 USD / month

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