Educational Leadership & Research
The Educational Leadership & Research program prepares you to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners. You’ll learn to shape and inform policy, collaborate with stakeholders, build consensus, coordinate institutional services and be accountable for strategic outcomes.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Fall Semester: February 1 for priority admission, April 15 Deadline
Spring Semester: November 15
Master of Arts | MA
The Master of Arts in Educational Leadership & Research (MA) has three different concentrations:
- Applied Research, Measurement & Evaluation
- Educational Technology (offered through LSU Online)
- Higher Education Administration (offered on-campus and through LSU Online)
- cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher and a combined verbal and quantitative GRE of 297 (verbal: 153; quantitative: 144) is required
- three (3) letters of recommendation from individuals who can attest to your ability to complete graduate work are required. Letters must be written on official letterhead or emailed from a professional email account.
The Applied Research, Measurement, & Evaluation concentration requires 37 hours of credit at the graduate level or a thesis option of 31 hours of coursework plus 6 hours of thesis. For students who choose the thesis option, the 6 thesis hours count in place of the Allied Field courses.
Students who choose the non-thesis option must pass a comprehensive final exam consisting of a series of written questions pertaining to the concentration.
The Educational Technology concentration requires 36 hours of credit at the graduate level. Students must pass a comprehensive final exam.
The Higher Education Administration concentration requires 36 hours of credit at the graduate level or a thesis option of 30 hours of coursework plus 6 hours of thesis. For students who choose the thesis option, the 6 thesis hours count as elective course hours.
Students who choose the non-thesis option must pass a comprehensive final exam consisting of a series of written questions pertaining to the concentration.
This degree is offered both on-campus and through LSU Online.
Graduate Program Contacts
Applied Research, Measurement & Evaluation
Kim MacGregor, PhD
111H Peabody Hall
225-578-2150
smacgre@lsu.edu
Educational Leadership
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD
228 Peabody Hall
225-578-5998
sdowell@lsu.edu
Higher Education Administration
Ashley Clayton, PhD
202C Peabody Hall
225-578-1792
aclayton@lsu.edu