Higher Education

Higher Education
Creating scholar-practitioners to be agents of change.
The individual attention from our faculty means opportunities from research to applied experience for our students. Our programs help promote our graduates in the next phase of their careers.
We teach how to apply social justice principles across all educational experiences. We believe in the importance of inclusion, knowing that the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis, or care for the whole person, means caring for us in all multi-faceted experiences, histories, diversities, and values. Our faculty are deeply committed to reflecting care of the whole person, the whole world, and to do so it starts here at Loyola.
Degrees Offered:
Loyola University Chicago's EdD in Higher Education will prepare you for executive-level leadership in higher education institutions.
By the numbers
#5
AMONG ALL SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS
95%
GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT RATE AT GRADUATION
40%
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) STUDENTS

Higher Education
Leading with Music
Loyola alumna Ayanna Williams is on a mission to make high-quality performing arts education accessible to all children. She plans to immerse herself in music education in a way that benefits students and the community and is excited about the future. "I’ll use my musical abilities to catapult me into the next purpose and the next after that.” She sees herself as a lifelong learner and predicts that she will always keep growing and evolving. With music being all around us, her options are endless.
Read MoreThe individual attention from our faculty means opportunities from research to applied experience for our students. Our programs help promote our graduates in the next phase of their careers.
We teach how to apply social justice principles across all educational experiences. We believe in the importance of inclusion, knowing that the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis, or care for the whole person, means caring for us in all multi-faceted experiences, histories, diversities, and values. Our faculty are deeply committed to reflecting care of the whole person, the whole world, and to do so it starts here at Loyola.