New York University's Steinhardt School of Education offers a Ph.D. in international education. NYU is one of the nation's leading schools for education. In its 2010 ranking of schools, "U.S. News & World Report" ranked the Steinhardt program No. 16 in the nation among all education programs. The Ph.D. program at NYU offers students opportunities to pursue several areas of concentration including studies in Western European studies, the Near East, Eastern Europe, Asian Studies, Latin American studies and African and African-Caribbean studies. In conjunction with these area studies, students also focus on additional concentrations in global education, cross cultural exchange and training or international development education.
NYU Steinhardt
Department of Teaching and Learning
239 Greene St.
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
212-998-5460
steinhardt.nyu.edu
The College of Education at Penn State University offers a program in international and comparative education at the doctoral level. Courses include Education and Demographic Change in the United States and Abroad, Comparative Higher Education, Contemporary Philosophies of Education, Language, Literacy, Identity, and Culture in a Global Context and Course Design and Development in Distance Education.
Students can also complete an additional 15 hour minor. The minor covers areas such as policy analysis, methods in education and content analysis. Students can choose six hours in advanced comparative and international education which includes courses such as Policy Studies in Lifelong Learning, Comparative and International Adult Education and Curriculum, Culture, and Child Development. Students also choose six hours in advanced or focused comparative international education. Coursework might include studies in Indigenous Knowledges, Sociology of Higher Education or Research and Evaluation in Distance Education.
Penn State University
228 Chambers Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-0488
ed.psu.edu
The Graduate School of Education at George Mason University (GMU) offers a Ph.D. with a concentration in international education designed for both practitioners and policy makers. The primary focus of the program at GMU is equity and social justice in international education systems. Students are required to select a minor that can be pursued in another area of study offered within the education department, a related field of study outside the department or even as a continuation of the student's master's degree studies.
As part of their primary field, students can choose an area study focused on one region of the world such as Latin America or Africa or additional fields such as educational development and political economy and culture, conflict and social justice.
International Education
Graduate School of Education
4260 Chainbridge Rd., 1E8
Univ. Townhouse Complex, Office A1
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-993-3602
gmu.edu