The Ed.D. is delivered primarly online (along with one-week summer residencies) and is designed to facilitate the learning styles of adults and provide a collaborative community for higher-level thinking and problem solving. The problem-based curriculum, applied dissertation projects and individually designed cognates allow for a tailor-made program. Undergirding the entire program is critical thinking, scholarly research, writing and learning from a Christian worldview. The capstone project, as with any doctoral program, is the submission and defense of a doctoral dissertation project.

Available Cognates: Adult Education, Character Education, Christian Education Leadership, Distance Education, Educational Psychology, Higher Education, K-12 School Leadership, Special Education

The Ed.D. is committed to the historical foundations of the applied doctoral degree in which a community of scholars and experts is created among faculty-mentors, successful professionals in the field and learners. Regent University mirrors historical tradition by using intensive residencies. Residencies occur in the summer, and they allow learners to interface with faculty and other students to provide specialized professional experiences outside the usual course of study and provide interaction with various constituencies. In view of this goal, waiving residency requirements will not be considered. Three residencies are required, with 2 credit hours being awarded for each residency. Residency takes place on the Virginia Beach Campus for one week (M-F).

Cognate Areas

Students may choose from the following concentration/cognate areas:

1. Adult Education
2. Character Education
3. Christian Education Leadership
4. Distance Education
5. Educational Psychology
6. Higher Education
7. K-12 School Leadership
8. Special Education

Some cognates, if completed with the addition of an internship, may fulfill licensure requirements in the State of Virginia.

Program Length

• May be completed in a minimum of three year