PhD in Special Education

A doctoral degree in special education will prepare you to serve in an exciting career in which you can lead the educational or behavioral professions through administration, scholarship, and entrepreneurship from teacher educator to special education manager to curriculum specialist to director of a treatment center. This program is 100 percent online. The doctoral degree in special education consists of 91 graduate credits post-bachelor’s degrees. Typically, a maximum of 30 credits, earned towards the master's degree, may be applied to the total 91-credit requirement.

To be eligible for admission to a doctoral or specialist degree program, you must have earned a minimum of a 3.0 GPA from the undergraduate degree-granting institution. For doctoral and specialist degrees that require a master’s degree for admission, you must have earned a minimum of a 3.2 GPA from the master's degree-granting institution.