Vanderbilt University Ed.D. | Online

Earn Your Online Doctor of Education (Ed.D) From the No.1 Online Ed.D Program

Gain access to a network of experienced professionals and get real-world experience with a capstone project.

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Three Start Dates

January, May, August

Three to Four Years

Program duration

Top Five

Best education schools in the nation

Top 20

National university

Careers in Education

By pursuing an Ed.D., professionals can apply the degree to a wide range of settings, such as private companies, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions.

Median Salaries for Ed.D. Related Careers

US$136,350

Human resources manager

US$125,040

Training and development manager

US$103,840

Top executive (e.g., chief learning officer)

Advance Your Leadership Skills for Career Growth

The online Ed.D. in leadership and learning in organizations prepares students to identify, assess, and resolve organizational challenges from a learning and design perspective.

Assess organizational change and systemic improvement

Practice different methods of inquiry and analysis

Examine issues of practice from various perspectives

Analyze the impact of systems and practice on learning

Hone data analysis skills

No.1

Online Doctorate in Education

Over 150 Years

Of educating passionate individuals

Three Convenings

On-campus in Nashville, Tennessee

Faculty Spotlight

Our esteemed faculty bring their expertise, research, and unique experiences to the classroom, developing students into effective, well-rounded professionals in their field.

Camilla Benbow

Dean, Peabody College

Camilla Persson Benbow is Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. She has led Peabody, one of the nation’s leading colleges of education and human development, since 1998. A prominent scholar of talent identification and development, Dean Benbow also co-directs the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, a longitudinal study examining the developmental trajectories of more than 5,000 individuals now in its 45th year. She is particularly interested in developing intellectual talent and excellence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Mark Cannon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Professor Cannon’s research explores potential barriers to adult learning and ways of overcoming these barriers. He examines critical interpersonal feedback and mechanisms for enhancing learning and reducing defensiveness associated with feedback delivery. He also studies the impact of feedback and coaching on learning and performance. Recently, he has examined how executive coaching can be used to facilitate leadership transitions.

Marilyn Pelosi, Ph.D.

Instructor

Dr. Pelosi has a passion for data-driven decisions that lead to continuous improvement. Her interest in these two areas is long-standing and well-founded on her bachelor of science in applied mathematics from Brown University and her Ph.D. in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of Massachusetts. At her first job as a statistician for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, she worked on the project to revise the judgment sampling-based Wholesale Price Index (WPI) to become the probability-based index we know as the Producer Price Index (PPI).

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