EDUCATION GRADUATE PROGRAMS

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 3 recommendation letters
  • Statement of Goals (1 – 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals. Describe why you want to teach, what you want to teach, and any experiences that have shaped your goals.
  • Resume
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis for all deadlines except those tied to funding consideration. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  
  • Spring: December 1
  • Fall, with priority funding consideration: February 15
  • Fall, with funding consideration: March 1
  • Summer:  May 1
  • Fall: August 1
    
  • Students interested in enrolling on a part-time basis should contact Dr. Lisa Marco-Bujosa directly.
• Funding available: Yes
  • Priority deadline: February 15
  • Final deadline: March 1
  • Fall admittance only.
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 34 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

Please note: Students who enroll in this degree may decide to pursue licensure/certification, the requirements for which vary by location.  For more information on educational requirements, please review the professional licensure/certification disclosures.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 3 recommendation letters
  • Statement of goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals. Identify an issue in the field that is of concern to you and explain how you hope to engage with this issue during your graduate studies.
  • Resume
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis for all deadlines except those tied to funding consideration. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  • Spring: December 1
  • Fall, with priority funding consideration: February 15
  • Fall, with funding consideration: March 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: Yes
  • Priority deadline: February 15
  • Final deadline: March 1
  • Fall admittance only.
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 30 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

Please note: This program does not lead to professional licensure or certification.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 3 recommendation letters
  • Statement of goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals. Identify an issue in the field that is of concern to you and explain how you hope to engage with this issue during your graduate studies.
  • Resume
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis for all deadlines except those tied to funding consideration. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  • Spring: December 1
  • Fall, with priority funding consideration: February 15
  • Fall, with final funding consideration: March 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: Yes
  • Priority deadline: February 15
  • Final Deadline: March 1
  • Fall admittance only.
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 30 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

Please note: This program does not lead to professional licensure or certification.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 3 recommendation letters
    • At least one recommendation should be from a past or current supervisor or a higher education professional staff member.
  • Statement of goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to Villanova’s Higher Education Leadership program, including your personal and professional goals. Identify a higher education issue that is of concern to you and explain how you hope to engage with this issue during your graduate studies.
  • Resume
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis for all deadlines except those tied to funding consideration. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  • Spring: December 1
  • Fall, with priority funding consideration: February 15
  • Fall, with funding consideration: March 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: Yes
  • Priority deadline: February 15
  • Final deadline: March 1
  • Fall admittance only.
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 30 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

Please note: This program does not lead to professional licensure or certification.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 3 recommendation letters
  • Statement of goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals. Identify an issue in the field that is of concern to you and explain how you hope to engage with this issue during your graduate studies.
  • Resume
  • Valid teaching certificate or documentation of employment at an independent or charter school
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis for all deadlines except those tied to funding consideration. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  • Spring: December 1
  • Fall, with priority funding consideration: February 15
  • Fall, with final funding consideration: March 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: Yes
  • Priority deadline: February 15
  • Final deadline: March 1
  • Fall admittance only
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 30 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

Please note: This program does not lead to professional licensure or certification.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 3 recommendation letters
  • Statement of goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals. Identify an issue in the field that is of concern to you and explain how you hope to engage with this issue during your graduate studies.
  • Resume
  • Valid teaching certificate or documentation of employment at an independent or charter school
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis for all deadlines except those tied to funding consideration. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  • Spring: December 1
  • Fall, with priority funding consideration: February 15
  • Fall, with final funding consideration: March 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: Yes
  • Priority deadline: February 15
  • Final deadline: March 1
  • Fall admittance only.
  • Learn more about funding opportunities.
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 30 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • Statement of Goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals.
  • Short resume
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  
  • Spring: December 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
    
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: No
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 15 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

Please note: This program does not lead to professional licensure or certification.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • 2 recommendation letters
  • Statement of Goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals.
  • Short resume
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  
  • Spring: December 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
    
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: No
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 15 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • Statement of Goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals.
  • Short resume
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  
  • Spring: December 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
    
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: No
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 15 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

Please note: This program does not lead to professional licensure or certification.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • Statement of Goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals.
  • Short resume
    • Please include a "references" section with the names and contact information for two professional references.
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  
  • Spring: December 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
    
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: No
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 15 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

Please note: This program does not lead to professional licensure or certification.

• Application Requirements:
  
  • Online application form
  • Transcripts
  • Statement of Goals (1 - 2 pages)
    • Prompt: Describe what brought you to apply to this program, including your personal and professional goals.
  • Short resume
  • Valid teaching certificate or documentation of employment at an independent or charter school
  • $50 non-refundable application fee
• Deadlines: Admission is conducted on a rolling basis. Applications may close early under rolling admissions if all available seats are filled prior to the stated deadline.
  
  • Spring: December 1
    
  • Summer: May 1
    
  • Fall: August 1
• Funding available: No
• Credits and Tuition:
  • 15 credits
  • Tuition and fees
  • Tuition and fees subject to change.
• Applications for the 2026 admissions cycle have closed. Applications for spring, summer and fall 2027 will open on September 1.

Please note: This program does not lead to professional licensure or certification.

This 18-credit PA certification program can be completed through the Certificate in Education or can be combined with our MA in Education, Concentration in Teacher Leadership. Upon completion of the program and passing the required state testing, educators will be eligible to be a principal in PK-12 schools within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

All students are required to take and pass the Praxis School Leaders Licensure Assessment 6990 and apply to PDE for certification. For more information regarding certification, contact Certification Officer Nancy Franz.

Please visit the Department of Education and Counseling website to learn more about their Act 48/One-Credit Workshops.