University of Georgia Doctorate in Education

120 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

Education is a program of study at University of Georgia. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in education, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Education from UGA Cost?

$11,168 Average Tuition and Fees

UGA Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UGA paid an average of $1,050 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $370 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,878	$25,186
Fees	$2,290	$2,290

Does UGA Offer an Online Doctorate in Education?

Online degrees for the UGA 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 UGA Online Learning page.

UGA Doctorate Student Diversity for Education

120 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

59.2% Women

36.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 120 students received their doctor’s degree in education. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 59.2% of the education students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 68.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 36.7% of the education doctor’s degrees at UGA in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	3
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	64
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Doctorate in Education Focus Areas at UGA

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Education	13
Educational Administration	40
Instructional Media Design	6
Educational Assessment	1
Special Education	1

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.