The P-12 Educational Leadership PhD is research-focused and educates scholars and scholar-practitioners who desire to have meaningful, lasting influence on P-12 education. Students entering the program can expect professional challenge throughout the course sequence. The program is built on the idea that a great doctoral education stems from great mentorship. The program offers flexibility to build a course of study that serves each student well.
This Ph.D. in P-12 Leadership program is not currently accepting applications for the current (2027-2028) cycle. Please contact Program Director Dr. William Sterrett (William_Sterrett@baylor.edu ) with any questions.
The PhD program in P-12 Educational Leadership is a research-based program that includes advanced research courses and a distinct 72-credit-hour sequence that requires a period of full-time study as a graduate student.
The PhD program's 72 credit hours comprise 65 hours of coursework and 7 dissertation hours, along with comprehensive preliminary examinations to be completed at the conclusion of traditional coursework and prior to admission to doctoral candidacy and enrollment in dissertation hours.
See the Degree Plan for the PhD in P-12 Educational Leadership