Boston College Doctorate in Education

45 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Education is a program of study at Boston College. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in education, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Education from Boston College Cost?

$31,930 Average Tuition and Fees

Boston College Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Boston College paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$31,824	$31,824
Fees	$106	$106

Does Boston College Offer an Online Doctorate in Education?

Online degrees for the Boston College education doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Boston College Online Learning page.

Boston College Doctorate Student Diversity for Education

45 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

53.3% Women

33.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 45 doctor’s degrees in education handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in education in 2019-2020, 53.3% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 68.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 33.3% of education doctor’s degree recipients at Boston College in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	22
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Doctorate in Education Focus Areas at Boston College

Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction	13
Educational Administration	29
Educational Assessment	3

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.