Gain powerful new strategies for your classroom.
Enhance your leadership skills in the classroom and at all levels of administration with Walden’s progressive, graduate-level degrees for educators and administrators. Walden’s flexible online learning format allows you to keep your personal and professional commitments. You’ll build real-world skills that transfer immediately to your career.
The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership at Walden University is the choice of more than 29,000 students and alumni. In January 2008, Walden was ranked for a second time by U.S. News & World Report as having the largest online graduate program in education by enrollment.
Ph.D. in Education
The Ph.D. in Education online degree program produces leaders who can address the most pressing educational challenges. Each online degree specialization is designed to meet both your professional interests and the needs of your school district, college, or university. This graduate degree is ideal if you are already a teacher, and your career goals include becoming a superintendent, faculty member at a university or community college, or administrator.
Specializations
- General Program
- Adult Education Leadership
- Community College Leadership
- Early Childhood Education
- Educational Technology
- Higher Education
- K-12 Educational Leadership
- Special Education
- Self-Designed
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
As a Doctor of Education, you will broaden your influence so that you can shape the future of education in your school, district, and community. The online degree program at Walden University has two graduate degree specializations, designed for experienced teachers and administrators who want to continue their practice while assuming leadership roles in their schools and communities.
Specializations
- Teacher Leadership
- Administrator Leadership for Teaching and Learning
Master of Science in Education
The Master of Science in Education degree program is designed to enhance your skills and help improve your students’ achievement. Each specialization reflects the latest in research, best practices, and U.S.-based standards. And Walden’s learning model encourages you to apply and assess new strategies in your classroom. To help prepare you to read and understand a considerable portion of the research conducted in the education field, this program is offered in English only.
Specializations
- Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (All grade levels)
- Elementary Reading and Literacy (Kindergarten and primary)
- Elementary Reading and Mathematics (Kindergarten and primary)
- Integrating Technology in the Classroom (Primary, secondary, and preparatory)
- Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas (Secondary and preparatory)
- Mathematics (Kindergarten and primary)
- Mathematics (Secondary and preparatory)
- Middle Level Education (Primary and secondary)
- Teacher Leadership (All grade levels)
You may qualify for $1,000 in need-based aid. Available on a first-come, first-served basis, as long as funds are available. For more information, complete the Information Request form and a Walden enrollment advisor will contact you.


