Online and Distance Learning

Taking an educational leadership masters online or campus-based program will enhance your expertise and career potential in school and college administration.  This page provides information on what is studied in these degrees and where you can study them.

Why the interest in educational leadership masters online programs?

Leadership is the formulation of a vision and influencing others to follow it.  But sometimes it is interwoven with management.  For example, when the allocation of resources is used strategically to encourage others to follow the strategic plan, then this becomes both leadership and the management of resources. 

Educational leadership masters online degrees, (and variants such as leadership in educational administration) are designed to enhance your expertise and career potential in school and college administration.  Most people who choose this specialization are already licensed teachers or school administrators wishing to further their career in administration.  So the specialization is usually only offered at graduate level, e.g., as an education leadership masters degree, or as a PhD educational leadership. 

Finding the schools and programs you want

To browse educational leadership masters online programs (or educational administration and leadership masters programs) use the search form or the list of schools below.

• University of Phoenix Online
  • MA in Education / Administration and Supervision
  • MA in Education / Teacher Leadership

• Capella University
  • MS - Leadership in Educational Administration

• Jones International University
  • M. Ed. in Educational Leadership & Administration
  • M. Ed. in Educational Leadership and Administration: Principal and Administrator Licensure
  • M. Ed. in Higher Education Leadership and Administration

• Grand Canyon University
  • M. Ed. Education Admin with an Organizational Leadership Emphasis

• Abilene Christian University
  • Certificate in the Superintendency
  • Master of Education in Leadership of Learning

• American InterContinental University Online
  • M. Ed. in Leadership in Educational Organizations

• Kaplan University Online
  • MS in Higher Education - College Administration and Leadership

• Strayer University Online
  • M. Ed. Educational Management

• The University of the Rockies Online
  • MA in Psychology - Educational Leadership Specialization

What do the programs cover?

A masters degree educational leadership is designed for teachers who are interested in a career as a principal or educational administrator.

A typical masters program might include: education policy analysis, school law, roles and responsibilities of the principal, finance and budgeting, educational psychology, management, community relations, evaluation and assessment, educational technology, and supervision of personnel.  Programs might also include an internship experience in school administration at the principal level and an action research project. 

What jobs do the programs prepare you for?

In the United States, educational administrators can work in various instructional settings.  An educational leadership masters online degree equips you to pursue a career as a principal of a elementary, middle, or secondary school; academic dean; department chair; or other administrative and leadership position.  Clearly you have more career options with a doctorate educational leadership than with a masters or undergraduate degree.  Typical annual incomes ares hown in the right hand column.

More information about educational leadership masters online degrees

Check these related pages:

• Educational administration leadership masters - to enhance your expertise and career potential in school and college administration and leadership.
• Education administration masters - for careers in educational administration, supervision, leadership, and school development.
• Education management masters - for senior careers in the operation of educational organizations.

Use this link to find programs and schools near you.

Use the search facility on this site to find more educational leadership masters online programs.

Remember to request information about the admission requirements and course content of several schools before you choose a program.

Campus Programs

For those students who feel that online learning and distance education is not for them, the web site also has a section on campus programs. 

You can also search for an educational leadership masters program.