Doctor of Education (EdD) in Leadership Studies

Step into extraordinary leadership.

Expand your ability to lead people, systems, and organizations.

Photo of Amy Huskin ’07 MEd, ’14 EdD, principal, T.C. Miller Elementary School

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Doctor of Education in Leadership Studies (EdD)

Your leadership can shape more than your next role. It can shape organizations, strengthen communities, and help move your field forward.

Lynchburg’s EdD in Leadership Studies is designed to help you expand your leadership capacity, strengthen your strategic thinking, and prepare to guide meaningful change in your organization, profession, or community. You’ll build a strong foundation in leadership theory and best practices while shaping your doctoral journey around your professional goals.

Whether you want to advance in your current field, move into executive leadership, or deepen your ability to create change, you’ll have the flexibility to focus your studies through a concentration that fits your career.

The program’s interdisciplinary approach helps you develop creative, practical, and research-informed responses to complex challenges. You’ll grow as a leader who can work across disciplines, navigate change, and make a positive impact in the communities and organizations you serve.

100% Online

Complete your degree online, from anywhere.

54 Credit Hours

Complete the 54-credit hour program in three years as a full-time student or in six years as a part-time student.

Cohort Program

Collaborate with a consistent group and build your network.

The world needs leaders who can see possibility in complex challenges and turn vision into meaningful progress. Your leadership has the power to shape what comes next.

Lynchburg’s EdD in Leadership Studies gives you the opportunity to apply research, strategy, and leadership theory to the real-world issues shaping your organization, profession, and community. Your work can help strengthen systems, guide change, support the people you lead, and create practical impact where it matters most.

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Choose Your Track:

You can customize your doctoral experience by choosing a concentration area that aligns with your career goals.

Athletic Leadership: Build the leadership perspective needed to navigate decision-making under public scrutiny, manage risk and compliance, and improve organizations across collegiate, professional, and community sports settings.
Education Leadership: Strengthen your ability to lead schools, districts, and educational systems while supporting meaningful improvement for students, educators, and communities.
Healthcare Leadership: Develop the expertise to examine how healthcare organizations lead through complexity, implement change, and improve performance while maintaining ethical standards, compliance, and stakeholder trust.
Interdisciplinary: Build a flexible leadership foundation that allows you to address complex challenges across fields, systems, and professional settings.
Nonprofit Leadership: Prepare to lead mission-driven organizations with the strategy, vision, and resourcefulness needed to create lasting community impact.

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