Graduate Education Program Application Requirements
| Program | Program Concentration | Delivery Model | Letter of Recommendation | Personal Essay | Résumé | Transcripts | Manuscript (Fiction) | Manuscript (Non-fiction) | Poetry Sample |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | Higher Education Administration | Low Residency | 2 | 1,200-1,500 words * | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | Pre-K–12 Leadership | Low Residency | 2 | 1,200-1,500 words * | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Doctor of Education (EdD) | Educational Leadership | Online | 2 | 1,200-1,500 words * | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| CAGS | All concentrations | Online | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Master of Education (MEd) | All concentrations | Online | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Higher Education Administration (MS) | Hybrid | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Professional Educator Preparation | Online and Teaching on Location | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
* For the personal essay, you will be asked to address the four items below in 1200-1500 words (equivalent to 4-5 double-spaced pages).
- Describe the issue(s) that “keeps you up at night” upon which you may want to focus your dissertation and/or comprehensive project.
- Outline the experience(s), skills, and/or knowledge that you would bring to the program to address that issue(s).
- Discuss why the NEC EdD program is the best place for you to address that issue(s)
- What are your professional and personal goals? Explain how the NEC doctoral program will help you achieve them.