Reach Your Goals with Barry University

At Barry University, we provide students with educational experiences that serve them for their entire lives. Whether it’s through experiential learning opportunities, internships, career counseling, or our robust alumni network, we are constantly searching for new ways to foster students’ unique gifts and enhance career potential.

Our student-centered Education Leadership (EdD) program prepares students to become outstanding leaders in public and non-public educational administration settings.

The program integrates the competencies necessary to become proactive and decisive leaders, skilled communicators, and strategic administrators and changemakers.

  • Proactivity and decisiveness within the bounds of a moral and ethical commitment to an organization’s mission.
  • The cognitive and communication skills necessary to facilitate change.
  • Discernment and strategies for effective stewardship of time, resources, and personnel.
  • 54

    Credit program

  • Fall, Spring

    Term starts

  • No GRE

    No GRE scores required

Three Ways to Specialize

  • Educational Leadership

    When you specialize in Educational Leadership, you will apply leading-edge research, leadership principles, and technology to improve education and student learning. With this preparation, you will be ready to assume leadership positions and become a change agent in your workplace and the communities you serve.

  • Higher Education Administration

    Prepare to take on a leadership role in post-secondary institutions, including community colleges, private colleges, for-profit institutions, and universities as well as government agencies and organizations closely related to education.

  • Human Resource Development

    This specialization focuses on developing key competencies for improving individual, group, and organizational performance. Students will learn to lead and manage change in organizations and develop people in the workplace.

"This program stretched my thinking and has further prepared me for my chosen field in HRD. Since graduating in 2021 I have been promoted twice and I am currently the Director of Learning & Development in one of the most remarkable destinations in the world, The Atlantis Bahamas".

Athena Russel, Director of Learning & Development, Atlantis, The Bahamas

We’re Here to Support You

A graduate education is a big investment, and at Barry University, we’re here to help. Barry University offers a variety of financial aid benefits, from federal and state programs to program-specific assistance, including scholarships, assistantships, and tuition discounts. About 80% of students at Barry University receive some form of financial aid.

How to Pay for College

Admissions

You're invited to apply for graduate admission to Barry University today for one of our upcoming terms, and you'll enjoy helpful advantages when you do: a fast admission decision and access to our Graduate Admissions Director. Applications are easy to submit, and you’ll have support from us through the whole process.

Admission Requirements

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We’re Here to Support You

A graduate education is a big investment, and at Barry University, we’re here to help. Barry University offers a variety of financial aid benefits, from federal and state programs to program-specific assistance, including scholarships, assistantships, and tuition discounts. About 80% of students at Barry University receive some form of financial aid.

How to Pay for College

Admissions

You're invited to apply for graduate admission to Barry University today for one of our upcoming terms, and you'll enjoy helpful advantages when you do: a fast admission decision and access to our Graduate Admissions Director. Applications are easy to submit, and you’ll have support from us through the whole process.

Admission Requirements

Apply to Barry University Today!

Take the next step in your future! Apply to Barry University today and enjoy the following benefits:

  • A fast admission decision
  • Access to our Graduate Admissions Director

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At Barry University, we’re always ready to answer any questions you have and provide information as you embark on your educational journey toward greater personal and professional success.