PhD
PhD Higher Education Administration (U.S.) (On campus)
Frontier Innovation University
Tuition
Degree
Delivery
Duration
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 Objects3 credits
- MLT2402·Finance, Enrolment, and Labour in Colleges3 credits
- MLT2403·Accreditation Stories, Public Information, and Claim Ethics3 credits
- MLT2404·Dual-Pathway Institutions as Empirical Settings3 credits
Module 2: Methods
- MLT2405·Quantitative Methods for Institutional Research3 credits
- MLT2406·Qualitative and Document Methods for Administration3 credits
- MLT2407·Research Ethics, FERPA Literacy, and Power3 credits
- MLT2408·Dissertation Design and Identity-Checked Milestones3 credits
Module 3: Seminars
- MLT2409·Quality Parity and Assessment Integrity3 credits
- MLT2410·Student Success, Transfer, and Adult Learners3 credits
- MLT2411·Academic Operations, Calendars, and Winter Continuity3 credits
- MLT2412·Writing for Scholarly and Practitioner Audiences3 credits
Module 4: Dissertation
- MLT2413·Proposal Defence3 credits
- MLT2414·Supervised Research I3 credits
- MLT2415·Supervised Research II3 credits
- MLT2416·Dissertation and Oral Defence3 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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