Agricultural Education, Ed.D.

About the Agricultural Education, Ed.D. Program

The Doctor of Education in Agricultural Education is a unique distance-delivered degree awarded by Texas Tech. This degree is designed for mid-career professionals who are place-bound and cannot relocate. All coursework associated with this degree is delivered online. Emphasis is placed on selecting courses and experiences that lead to a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of agricultural education, agricultural leadership, and/or agricultural communications, a supporting field, research methods, and statistics. This degree requires a minimum of 72 semester hours of graduate coursework beyond the baccalaureate degree, including 12 hours of dissertation.

At or near the end of coursework, students take a qualifying written examination. Shortly after the written examination, students take an oral qualifying examination. Both examinations are administered by the student’s committee. Students are then required to complete a dissertation and pass an oral defense of the dissertation.