For immediate assistance or detailed information about this program, please contact
Dr. Emily Virtue at evirtue@wcu.edu
Saturday, February 21st, 2026
3rd Floor, Biltmore Park Instructional Site (28 Schenck Parkway, Asheville) 12:00 pm
RSVP for Open House: Use the following link
Please join us for a chance to meet with faculty, talk with current students, and
sit in on a class to see if the EdD program is right for you!
蘑菇短视频Educational Leadership
What You'll Learn
The Doctor of Education Degree Program is a 53-hour, cohort program. Cohorts begin
the program in the summer, progress through a nine semester sequence of leadership
and research courses meeting one weekend monthly at the 蘑菇短视频Biltmore Park campus in
Asheville, with continuous work online and in workplace laboratories of practice.
The program culminates with a disquisition鈥攁 written and oral presentation of the
three-year improvement project. Applicants admitted to the P-12 Leadership concentration
who intend to complete the requirements for a Superintendent鈥檚 license must have earned
a Principal鈥檚 license prior to being admitted to the program.
Where You'll Go
The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership will prepare you to work in an educational environment
as a senior level leader, such as a superintendent, community college leader, or in
a variety of other leadership roles. Public school superintendents in North Carolina
made an average salary of $156,000 in 2013. For community college leaders the Bureau
of Labor Statistics states the average salary is $86,490 and predicts 15% growth in
the field by 2022.
WCU鈥檚 Ed.D. Program in Education Leadership is a Carnegie-influenced executive doctoral
program that prepares skilled scholar practitioners to lead educational organizations
in solving complex problems of practice. 蘑菇短视频 has been selected
as a member of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED).
CPED is an ongoing effort to rethink and redesign the professional doctorate in education
to better serve those who aspire to practice educational leadership. Our mission is
to develop educational leaders oriented toward continuous improvement, scholarly practice,
collaboration, student-centered decision making, and equity and social justice.
Please join us for a chance to meet with faculty, talk with current students, and
sit in on a class to see if the EdD program is right for you!
The curriculum sequence requires the completion of 53 credits, 44 of which must be
taken at WCU. This will be completed by taking two core courses each semester (including
summers) for 6 semesters, 12 elective credits in the student鈥檚 concentration area,
and the completion of a supervised disquisition (dissertation in practice).
Cohorts are hybrid with a face-to-face component once a month at Biltmore Park. Cohort
size is limited, so admissions are competitive. Applications must be submitted online
through the Graduate School's Applicationsystem. The application deadline for 2026 is March 1st, 2026.
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