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PhD Higher Education Administration (U.S.) (On campus)

Frontier Innovation University

Frontier Innovation University

PhD

PhD Higher Education Administration (U.S.) (On campus)

Frontier Innovation University

Austin, US

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Tuition

$3,600/year (on campus)

Degree

PhD

Delivery

Full-time · On-campus

Duration

3 years (36 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONAL$3,600/year (on campus)

About Frontier Innovation University

Affordable US innovation university in Austin, Texas.

Overview

Frontier Innovation University’s PhD Higher Education Administration (U.S.) is a research doctorate for people who will study how U.S. institutions actually run—credit hours, identity assurance, public information, and dual pathway—rather than collect a professional licence. Sixty credits over three to four years. Austin campus and tuition-free online share one academic standard for doctoral assessment: proposal, identity-checked milestones, and a dissertation that can be defended. This PhD does not appoint you to HLC and does not add accreditation marks beyond Frontier’s published HLC and DEAC story. It is not PELSB or a superintendent credential.

Delivered on campus in Austin with in-person seminars, library access, and student services.

**Award:** Frontier Innovation University **Credits:** 60 | **Typical duration:** 3 years (36 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 60 credits

Module 1: Field

  • MLT2401·U.S. Higher Education History and Governance as Research Objects
    3 credits
  • MLT2402·Finance, Enrolment, and Labour in Colleges
    3 credits
  • MLT2403·Accreditation Stories, Public Information, and Claim Ethics
    3 credits
  • MLT2404·Dual-Pathway Institutions as Empirical Settings
    3 credits

Module 2: Methods

  • MLT2405·Quantitative Methods for Institutional Research
    3 credits
  • MLT2406·Qualitative and Document Methods for Administration
    3 credits
  • MLT2407·Research Ethics, FERPA Literacy, and Power
    3 credits
  • MLT2408·Dissertation Design and Identity-Checked Milestones
    3 credits

Module 3: Seminars

  • MLT2409·Quality Parity and Assessment Integrity
    3 credits
  • MLT2410·Student Success, Transfer, and Adult Learners
    3 credits
  • MLT2411·Academic Operations, Calendars, and Winter Continuity
    3 credits
  • MLT2412·Writing for Scholarly and Practitioner Audiences
    3 credits

Module 4: Dissertation

  • MLT2413·Proposal Defence
    3 credits
  • MLT2414·Supervised Research I
    3 credits
  • MLT2415·Supervised Research II
    3 credits
  • MLT2416·Dissertation and Oral Defence
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces

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