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New England College Doctorate in Education

Education is a program of study at New England College. 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 NEC Cost?

NEC Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at NEC was $599 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$15,624	$15,624
Fees	$140	$140

Does NEC Offer an Online Doctorate in Education?

NEC 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 NEC Online Learning page.

NEC Doctorate Student Diversity for Education

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 10 doctor’s degrees in education handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 60.0% of the students who received their Doctorate in education in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 68.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 20.0% of the education doctor’s degrees at NEC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 34%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Doctorate in Education Focus Areas at NEC

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	10

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.