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Harvard University Doctorate in Education

Education is a program of study at Harvard University. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in education, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:

• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Education from Harvard Cost?

Harvard Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Harvard 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	$49,448	$49,448
Fees	$1,206	$1,206

Does Harvard Offer an Online Doctorate in Education?

Harvard does not offer an online option for its education doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Harvard Online Learning page.

Harvard Doctorate Student Diversity for Education

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 42 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 54.8% 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 47.6% of the education doctor’s degrees at Harvard in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	20
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Doctorate in Education Focus Areas at Harvard

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Education	36
Multilingual Education	6

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.